How Are Immigration Related Services and Offices Impacted By the Government Shutdown?
Published January 10, 2019 As our nation is headed toward the longest government shutdown in our history, many of the players impacted, including companies petitioning foreign workers as well as...
What is a Conviction for Immigration Purposes?
Published November 28, 2018 Foreign nationals who are the subject of a criminal arrest or charges must take proper care to make informed decisions when it comes to consideration...
Super Lawyer Magazine Once Again Recognizes Richard Hanus as a “Super Lawyer”
Published October 4, 2018 Richard Hanus has been chosen as a 2019 “Super Lawyer” in the field of Immigration Law by Super Lawyer Magazine for attaining the highest level...
Trump Administration Looking Into Penalizing Immigrants Receiving Public Benefits
Published August 8, 2018 “Public Charge” provisions have been a part of our nation’s immigration laws for more than a century, thus the reason all family based immigration applicants...
DHS Looks to Revoke U.S. Citizenship for Those Improperly Approved
Published July 29, 2018 It is well known that a lawful permanent resident can be subjected to removal proceedings in the event they commit a deportable offense, or were...
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...
New Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to More Options in Fighting Deportation
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...
New Rules Impacting Immigration Judges and Removal Proceedings
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...
Supreme Court: “Crime of Violence” Basis to Deport is Too Vague
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...
Massive ICE Raid in Tennessee
Published April 9, 2018 In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed one of