Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees

12 07, 2018

US CIS Now More Active in Placing Denied Applicants in Removal Proceedings

By |2020-05-01T16:20:58-05:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published July 11, 2018     Under a new policy guidance memo released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) earlier this month, the agency will now be taking a more active role in initiating removal proceedings against denied [...]

28 06, 2018

New Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to More Options in Fighting Deportation

By |2020-05-01T16:36:26-05:00June 28th, 2018|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published June 28, 2018   In their recent ruling in Pereira V. Sessions, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly widened opportunities for certain lawful residents AND undocumented individuals to fight their deportation – also known as removal proceedings.   At issue are [...]

29 05, 2018

New Rules Impacting Immigration Judges and Removal Proceedings

By |2020-05-01T16:38:52-05:00May 29th, 2018|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published May 29, 2018 In recent weeks the Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions, issued a directive limiting the powers of immigration judges to “administratively close” or otherwise delay final decision-making for the cases of individuals facing removal from [...]

24 04, 2018

Supreme Court: “Crime of Violence” Basis to Deport is Too Vague

By |2020-05-01T16:43:48-05:00April 24th, 2018|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published April 24, 2018 Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision struck down a significant portion of a federal statute exposing foreign nationals to deportation on the basis of having committed a “crime of violence”.  [...]

9 04, 2018

Massive ICE Raid in Tennessee

By |2020-05-01T16:47:07-05:00April 9th, 2018|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published April 9, 2018 In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed one of  with filing cabinets, computers and other equipment seized during the operation.   The criminal complaints filed allege that the company schemed to employ large numbers of [...]

22 03, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Mandatory Detention Provisions for Certain Criminal Immigrants

By |2020-05-01T16:48:54-05:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published March 22, 2018 Federal law currently sets forth conditions under which certain non-U.S. citizens with more serious criminal records must be detained without bond while they defend against removal proceedings.  In interpreting this law, two recent federal court of [...]

21 02, 2018

The Bad Lawyer and the Fake Lawyer

By |2020-05-01T16:57:14-05:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published February 21, 2018   In my 25+ years as an immigration lawyer, I have seen many versions of both the bad lawyer and the fake lawyer.    Each is poisonous in that they erode trust in the legal profession and [...]

12 12, 2017

Recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Operations

By |2020-05-01T17:19:08-05:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published December 12, 2017   Consistent with policies of previous administrations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division has been focusing their enforcement operations arresting noncitizens with criminal convictions, or previous deportation orders. Below are highlights [...]

15 11, 2017

Beware Immigrants: Automatic Voter Registration

By |2020-05-01T17:25:53-05:00November 15th, 2017|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published November 15, 2017   On the topic of well-intended laws and unintended consequences, one of the first things that come to my mind is the law requiring local Department of Motor Vehicle facilities to ask all driver’s license applicants [...]

19 10, 2017

Trump Administration Looks to Impose Quotas on Immigration Judges

By |2020-05-01T17:34:31-05:00October 19th, 2017|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published Ocotber 19, 2017     Without question, immigration law enforcement in the U.S. has been on the rise since the election of President Trump.  Heightened immigration enforcement was one of the big promises that helped propel Trump into office [...]

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