The escalating conflict between the United States and Iran is already having ripple effects far beyond the Middle East. As military tensions intensify and instability spreads throughout the region, immigration consequences are beginning to emerge across the United States, particularly in major immigrant hubs like Los Angeles. For Iranian nationals and others affected by the […]
News of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown has raised understandable concerns among immigrants and families throughout Los Angeles and across California. When funding disputes in Washington interrupt agency operations, many individuals worry that their green card applications, visa petitions, or naturalization cases will be placed on hold. If you are currently applying for […]
The deadly wildfires raging across western states like California, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon and Colorado may have displaced immigrants from their homes. One of the big concerns by immigration advocates is that undocumented residents may not seek shelter for fear of government reprisals, such as deportation. The wildfires have burned thousands of acres, so far. […]
While President Trump’s administration seems to be doing damage control with Honduran refugees seeking asylum in the United States, and also trying to get a border wall built, did he have some kind of epiphany about the practicality of accepting certain immigrants?https://visaandgreencard.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/us-immigration-enforcement-seal-and-pen-300x200.jpghttp://2026-hanlon.local/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/us-immigration-enforcement-seal-and-pen-300x200.jpg It appears the answer to that question is an unequivocal, YES! President Trump’s […]
A series of measures are being implemented by the United State at the Federal agency level to help ensure an improved refugee asylum screening process to address national security standards in lieu of past attacks on our soil. The State Department is claiming the new measures are needed to keep “nefarious and fraudulent actors” from […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) department recently released a revised “Employment Eligibility Verification” version of Form I-9. The newly revised I-9 form (dated 11/14/2016) must be used beginning Jan. 22, 2017, whereas employers can continue using the older version I-9 form dated 03/08/2013 until then. So, What Changes are Coming to Form I-9? […]
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 […]
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 Hondurans, […]
The term “illegal alien” has been a part of the American lexicon for decades. While the phrase was first established by the Library of Congress in 1980 (as“aliens, illegal”), in 1993, it was revised to “illegal aliens” in 1993. Since then, however, political correctness has seemed to trigger a fading reliance on this phrase. And […]
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 visas […]
