FAQs About Immigration Scams: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of an Immigration Scam
September 30, 2016
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: To help people avoid these scams - and to ensure they […]
Temporary Extended Status (TPS) for Nicaragua & Honduras Extended through 2018, USCIS Announces
August 31, 2016
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, […]
Library of Congress Will No Longer Use Phrase ‘Illegal Alien’
August 22, 2016
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 […]
El Salvadorians Can Apply for an Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
August 16, 2016
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 […]
Waiting on a Visa Petition But Not Eligible to Adjust Status? I-601a Available Now!
August 5, 2016
Finally, more than one year after publishing a proposed rule to expand eligibility for I-601A provisional waivers of inadmissibility due to the “3 and 10-year bar” for accrual of unlawful presence in the US, the DHS has made the rule final. On August 29, 2016, USCIS will begin accepting I-601A Applications for Provisional Waiver of […]
Advocates Push to Improve California Detainment Standards for Immigrants
July 31, 2016
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 run […]
