Deportation & Removal Defense

Myths & Facts about Undocumented Immigrants and the Economy

Our country is poised to get a brand new administration at the beginning of the year, and with it may come sweeping changes – many of them may be bad for undocumented immigrants. But are undocumented immigrants really responsible for lower wages and in effect taking jobs away from natural born citizens? The focus of [...]

Myths & Facts about Undocumented Immigrants and the Economy

FAQs About Immigration Scams: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of an Immigration Scam

Wherever there are people needing help and willing to pay for it, scam artists can lurk in the shadows, waiting to steal money from unsuspecting, vulnerable people. In fact, scams targeting undocumented people in the U.S. are fairly prevalent, as this group of people: Can be especially vulnerable due to a lack of language [...]

FAQs About Immigration Scams: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of an Immigration Scam

Temporary Extended Status (TPS) for Nicaragua & Honduras Extended through 2018, USCIS Announces

Foreign nationals from Nicaragua and Honduras are now eligible for extended deportation relief in the U.S., as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security - Jeh Johnson - has recently extended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for these individuals. The 18-month extension will reportedly run through July 5, 2018. In addition to being available for Nicaraguans and [...]

Temporary Extended Status (TPS) for Nicaragua & Honduras Extended through 2018, USCIS Announces

El Salvadorians Can Apply for an Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

One of the latest nations from Central America to be granted a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension from Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is El Salvador. This essentially gives El Salvador’s nationals (as well as those who last resided in that nation) an additional 18 months of extended stay in the U.S., even if their [...]

El Salvadorians Can Apply for an Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Advocates Push to Improve California Detainment Standards for Immigrants

Most Americans think refugees and foreign nationals seeking asylum in America get the red carpet treatment. Well, in a lot of cases, that couldn’t be further than the truth. Because instead of walking on a red carpet a lot of times asylum seekers find themselves staring at red lines on the floor of privately [...]

Advocates Push to Improve California Detainment Standards for Immigrants

One Path to a Green Card: The 6 Steps of Consular Processing

Consular processing is one pathway to obtaining permanent resident status in the U.S. Generally available to those who have an approved immigration petition and an available immigrant visa number, consular processing is an alternative to the adjustment of status process for individuals who are not already in the U.S. Below is a simplified overview [...]

One Path to a Green Card: The 6 Steps of Consular Processing

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
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