April 13, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, DONALD TRUMP PLEDGES TO END RAMPANT H-1B PROGRAM ABUSE DESPITE THE FACT THAT TRUMP’S MODELING AGENC Y PROFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM BY EXPLOITING FOREIGN WORKERS. The H1-B program has become a lightning rod during the 2016 presidential campaign. Donald Trump, the front-runner in Republican primaries, has slammed this program for taking […]
April 4, 2016|Contributed by: Jennaweh Hondrogiannis, Esq.
In 2013, Colorado passed the “Colorado Road and Community Safety Act,” which permits undocumented immigrants who live and pay taxes in Colorado to obtain a driver’s license. The purpose of the Act is to make Colorado roads and communities safer by ensuring that all drivers are properly trained drivers, that they understand the rules of […]
March 31, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
On February 24, 2016, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released a 50-state study titled “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions.” The study found that the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States pay $11.64 billion in state and local taxes per year. This is an average of approximately 8{b6b8f04f7bd4b863c4cfed8339fd19419bda3e071c79bc5ac8c810cb9c52e30f} […]
March 22, 2016|Contributed by: Koby L. Polaski, Esq.
Following much anticipation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing a final rule that will allow certain foreign students with science, technology, math, or engineering (STEM) degrees to extend their optional practical training or “OPT” period by two years. The rule will take effect May 10, 2016. As previously reported on our blog, agency […]
March 21, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Say what you will about Donald Trump’s campaign for the president of the United States. To call it controversial would be an understatement. After he called Mexicans “rapists” and “drug traffickers” and has spewed other derogatory comments against immigrants, many in the immigrant community are mobilizing to apply for citizenship so they can vote in […]
March 10, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Unlike criminal proceedings or dependency and neglect proceedings, an indigent person in immigration proceedings is not afforded the right to pro bono counsel. In other words, if you are too poor to afford an attorney, or cannot find a pro bono attorney, you must represent yourself in immigration court. Although you have the right to […]
February 25, 2016|Contributed by: Jeff D. Joseph, Esq.
A group of plaintiff au pairs have survived a Motion to Dismiss filed by 15 au pair sponsoring agencies. The Federal Judge held that the J-1 au pairs can go forward with their claims that program sponsors fixed wages so they earn no more than minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit […]
February 24, 2016|Contributed by: Koby L. Polaski, Esq.
The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a game-changing, precedential decision today with its holding in Matter of Guzman-Polanco, 26 I&N Dec. 713 (BIA 2016). The Board ruled that for a state offense to qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. section 16(a), the state statute must require as an element the use, attempted […]
February 24, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
In a recent trend, many foreign nationals who have been convicted of a DUI in the United States have received visa revocation letters requesting that they leave the United States, return to their home country, and have their visas revoked. Some foreign nationals have received these revocation letters after a DUI arrest, but before an […]
February 22, 2016|Contributed by: Jennaweh Hondrogiannis, Esq.
Over the last 15 months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken significant measures in an effort to protect the United States from the threat of “foreign fighters.” This is according to a press release issued by DHS on February 18, 2016, which announced the continued implementation of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and […]
