Making U.S. Immigration Great Again
Published May 19, 2019 I started practicing immigration law in the decade that followed the Reagan era’s 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, the last large scale immigration amnesty...
Increased Powers to BIA Judges; H-1B Visa Denials Skyrocket
Published April 22, 2019 Department of Justice Aiming to Expand Powers of Appellate Immigration Judges The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is the appellate body where a party can seek...
Attorney General Sessions: Domestic and Gang Violence Are Not Bases for Asylum
Published June 11, 2018 Foreign nationals are eligible to be accorded asylum status in the U.S. if they fear return to their home countries due to: a) persecution they...
The Top 5 Defenses to Removal Proceedings
Published July 25, 2017 Foreign nationals in the U.S. may find themselves defending against removal proceedings because they overstayed or somehow violated the terms of their temporary visa status. ...
The New Immigration Executive Order – Do Not Panic, Part II
Published February 22, 2017 The grandiosity with which the Trump Administration has released Executive Orders in the past month is undeniable. If their effectiveness is to be judged by...
Do Not Panic
Published November 9, 2016 Panic is rarely a useful response to a stressful situation. In the U.S. immigration arena in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency,...
You Can Always Ask for Prosecutorial Discretion
Published March 21, 2016 No matter what stage in the deportation/removal process a foreign national may find themselves in, and no matter their previous immigration status – or lack...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Take a Closer Look at Social Media Presence of Foreign Nationals Coming to U.S.
Published February 24, 2016 After the terrorist mass shootings in San Bernardino, California this past December, it was discovered that the couple carrying out the attack had an online...
New Immigration Raids: Who are the targets and why?
Published January 6, 2016 In the summer of 2014, thousands of individuals from Central America showed up at the U.S./Mexico border seeking refuge in the U.S. Escaping extreme poverty, a...
Top Six Reasons to Hire an Immigration Lawyer
Published April 26, 2015 1. To Keep a Clean and Simple Case, Clean and Simple: A knowledgeable and experienced immigration lawyer will know how a filing, whether family based...