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 […]
February 19, 2016|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On February 13, 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia passed away after 30 years of service on the Supreme Court. Justice Scalia’s passing leaves the Court with eight justices. While Justice Scalia was undoubtedly an influential member on the bench, his absence is unlikely to affect the pending case regarding the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) […]
January 28, 2016|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Noncitizens with certain criminal convictions may be inadmissible to the U.S., deportable from the U.S., or unable to obtain U.S. citizenship through naturalization. The categories of criminal convictions which cause immigration problems have grown over time, sometimes through new laws written by Congress and sometimes because of how courts interpret existing laws. Two U.S. Supreme […]
January 27, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
As the 2016 election fast approaches, and in light of recent terror attacks, it is difficult to avoid the ever-increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric. Much of this rhetoric revolves around the misplaced presumption that immigrants are “criminals.” However, statistical studies indicate that, in the United States, “immigrants are far more law-abiding than natives, regardless of race, class […]
January 22, 2016|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Starting in the beginning of January 2016, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began an operation to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants across the United States. These raids target adults and children who crossed the southern U.S. border within the previous year, and represented the first large-scale effort to deport families fleeing violence in Central […]
