Federal officials have revealed that they are placing new security measures on immigrants who overstay their visas. A Homeland Security agent says they are running overstayed-visa files through multiple security, immigration and law enforcement databases. The department’s principal deputy coordinator for counterterrorism said they are automatically checking for national security risks, assuring that the new...Read More
Hundreds of people have called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to halt the deportation of 21-year-old Jennifer Lopez, a DREAM Act-eligible woman from Palm Beach, Florida who was placed in removal proceedings after a mere routine traffic stop. These supporters joined a campaign that was launched on Change.org by Manuel Guerra, the leader of...Read More
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expanded itsE-Verify self-check service to another 16 state. At the same time, the program became available in Spanish. E-Verify self-check option was launched back in March and was originally available in the District of Columbia, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, and Virginia....Read More
A new U.S. visa rule has upset many U.S. citizens who are expatriates, while also leading lawyers to foresee a significant lengthening in the visa processing times for foreign-citizen family members. As you may know, foreign citizens who wish to get a visa or a green card based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen...Read More
Imagine you have been a green card holder living in the United States legally for many years. You plan a cruise to the Bahamas and enjoy a weeks vacation with your family. Upon return, you are inspected by Customs and Border Protection at the port and they question you about a pending criminal case you...Read More
Civil rights attorneys in San Francisco have sued federal authorities demanding an end to the alleged practice of shackling all adult detainees–including the elderly and disabled–during immigration court proceedings. The class-action lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, contends that Immigration and Customs Enforcement...Read More
As comprehensive immigration reform remains unlikely in the current political climate while an impasse presides over Congress, a coalition of organizations have formed a report with proposed reforms in regulations affecting skilled foreign-born workers and students with advanced degrees. The groups include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , the American Council on International Personnel ,...Read More
As we previously informed, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it would provide prosecutorial discretion so as to provide relief for low priority immigration cases. DHS stated that a new committee will review 300,000 immigration cases currently in removal proceedings to determine which cases are low priority and can be administratively closed....Read More
More than a year after SB 1070 was initially taken to federal court, the immigration restrictionists behind Arizona’s misguided immigration law have brought their case to the Supreme Court. Proponents of SB 1070 deem the state’s petition as not only the first step toward reversing the injunction against the law’s most punitive provisions, but also...Read More
Image via Wikipedia In a case recently reviewed, the Board of Immigration Appeals(BIA) made the decision that even though immigrants must still be informed of their-albeit significantly more limited rights- upon being arrested, they, however, need not to be advised of their rights until after their interrogation has ended and formal deportation proceedings have already...Read More
