August 24, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
On August 25, 2016, the National Park Service (“NPS”) will celebrate its 100th anniversary. As a birthday present representing its partnership with NPS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will conduct 16 naturalization ceremonies at national parks across the United States, welcoming 450 new United States citizens. USCIS plans to hold at least 100 naturalization […]
August 22, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
As of July 21, 2016, there are 500,051 cases pending in Immigration Courts across the United States. Since 2011, more than 200,000 cases have been added to the docket and the number will continue to rise until the Court hires more Judges to meet the need. Congress has not allocated sufficient funding to Immigration Courts […]
July 29, 2016|Contributed by: Jennaweh Hondrogiannis, Esq.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the final rule regarding the expansion of the provisional waiver will be released tomorrow, July 29th. The final rule will become effective on August 29, 2016. This long awaited expansion to the provisional waiver has been pending since the proposed rules were published on July 22, 2015. […]
July 26, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Casa de Paz, a shelter for recently detained immigrants and their families, was started by Sarah Jackson in 2012. Ms. Jackson responded to a need for temporary housing for immigrants released from Aurora’s immigration detention center, run by the GEO Group “GEO.” The GEO detention center has a capacity of 1,500. Many of those detained […]
July 25, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
They had already been a couple for four years when, on April 21, 1975, Anthony Sullivan and Richard Adams received a marriage license issued by a Boulder County clerk. Shortly thereafter, Adams filed an immigrant visa petition so that Sullivan, a citizen of Australia, could eventually become a lawful permanent resident of the United States. […]
July 22, 2016|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Last night, Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president. In his acceptance speech full of distortions and false assertions, he painted America as a dark place on the brink of violent chaos: “America a more dangerous environment than frankly I have ever seen and anybody in this room has ever watched or seen.” Actually, […]
June 23, 2016|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On June 23, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard announced that it had deadlocked in United States v. Texas, the case which will decide whether the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) and the expansions of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The tied vote means that the lower court decision remains […]
June 21, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
In the focus on terrorism and the political ramifications of the recent mass shooting in Orlando on June 12, 2016, a very important story has been glossed over by the mass media. The shooting happened at Pulse nightclub on Latino night. Among the people who frequent the club are many immigrants- both documented and undocumented. […]
May 31, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been extended for foreign nationals from Nicaragua and Honduras. The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a country for TPS when he or she determines that conditions in a country temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or where the country cannot adequately handle the return of its nationals. […]
May 23, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On May 18, 2016 thirteen Muslim plaintiffs sued United States Citizenship and Immigration Services pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Section 1447(b) and the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”) for significant delays in the adjudication of each plaintiff’s application for citizenship (Form N-400). The government classified each of these applications as presenting a threat to national security pursuant […]
