Deportation & Removal Defense

Efforts to Rescue Stalled Immigration Executive Action Stepped Up by White House

As the immigration executive action remains in legal limbo, the Obama Administration and U.S. Justice Department are reportedly ramping up their efforts to save the programs and deportation relief that would have been provided by this action. In fact, some are calling their most recent actions to further the immigration executive action an “aggressive” legal [...]

Efforts to Rescue Stalled Immigration Executive Action Stepped Up by White House

TX Federal Judge Denies DOJ Request to Lift Block on the Immigration Executive Action

Days ago, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen denied a request made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to lift his injunction, which placed a block on the immigration executive action (IEA). This means that, currently, the promised deportation relief offered by the IEA will remain unavailable until the courts resolve the issues regarding [...]

TX Federal Judge Denies DOJ Request to Lift Block on the Immigration Executive Action

BIA Abolishes “Comparable Grounds” Rule, Relief from Deportation for Some LPRs Now Extended

In February 2014, the BIA revoked the comparable grounds rule, opening up options for some LPRs seeking relief from deportation per Section 212(c). On February 28, 2014, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision that effectively revoked the comparable grounds rule it had been using to determine whether immigrants convicted [...]

BIA Abolishes “Comparable Grounds” Rule, Relief from Deportation for Some LPRs Now Extended

Seeking an I-601 Waiver on Grounds of Inadmissibility

In many cases, it is possible to apply for a waiver of the ground of inadmissibility by completing form I-601. Even if a fiancé(e) or spousal visa petition is approved (i.e., the foreign spouse/fiancé(e) receives the right to sit for an immigration interview), that does not necessarily ensure that a visa will [...]

Seeking an I-601 Waiver on Grounds of Inadmissibility

New Law: Visa Petitions Survive The Death Of The Petitioner!

Pres. Obama signed amendments to the INA reversing the longstanding rule that visa petitions filed for relatives are revoked upon the death of the Petitioner. On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law amendments to the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA) reversing the longstanding rule that visa petitions filed for relatives [...]

New Law: Visa Petitions Survive The Death Of The Petitioner!

ICE Arrests And Removal Proceedings: Know Your Rights!

With the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stepping-up arrest and detention levels of immigrants, it's important that you know your rights. Over the past 18 months, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been stepping-up arrest and detention levels of immigrants in the US to unprecedented levels. Many of these arrests [...]

ICE Arrests And Removal Proceedings: Know Your Rights!

Asylum: Exception to ‘Unlawful Presence’

INS recently issued a policy memorandum regarding the asylum exception, which may offer relief for many who are ineligible for "adjustment of status" in the US. The immigrant communities of the United States have been stirring ever since Congress created the dreaded "3 and 10 year bar" to reentry in 1996. The [...]

Asylum: Exception to ‘Unlawful Presence’

Appeals Processing From Immigration Court Decisions

The Immigration & Nationality ACT (INA) sets forth procedural rules applicable to appealing decisions of Immigration Judges through the US. Each year, I consult with hundreds of individuals who have been ordered to leave the US by Immigration Judges. In the vast majority of these cases, the person had applied for some [...]

Appeals Processing From Immigration Court Decisions

Legal permanent resident faces deportation for minor crime

For many immigrants living in the United States having a legal permanent resident status may not necessarily give them a lot of comfort. This is because more and more, legal residents are facing deportation for minor crimes. In 1988, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act was enacted. The law specified that any immigrant who was convicted of an aggravated [...]

Legal permanent resident faces deportation for minor crime

Immigrants face deportation after pleading guilty to fraud

When a foreign citizen marries a United States citizen living in the Los Angeles area, he or she may be able to obtain a spouse visa and eventually become a citizen of the United States. In order to become a citizen, various requirements have to be met such as living with the spouse who is a U.S. [...]

Immigrants face deportation after pleading guilty to fraud
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