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9 04, 2018

Massive ICE Raid in Tennessee

By Richard Hanus|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 undocumented workers and underpay federal payroll taxes over a 3 year period in the amount of $2.5 million. Apparently tipped off by the plant’s bank, Citizens Bank, it came to ICE’s attention that large amounts of cash were regularly being withdrawn by company officials and used to pay the wages of plant workers, many of whom allegedly had no lawful immigration […]

21 02, 2018

The Bad Lawyer and the Fake Lawyer

By Richard Hanus|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 in humankind in general – not to mention the brazen acts of robbery they commit as they carry out their scams. In today’s political environment, where those vulnerable to deportation, or just having to access our immigration system, are more fearful than ever, the damage the bad or fake lawyer can do is immense. Below are two recent examples, with one […]

7 02, 2018

The Forecast Calls For No Government Shut Down and No DACA

By Richard Hanus|2018-02-07T12:09:00-06:00February 7th, 2018|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), General, immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published February 7, 2018 As of Wednesday afternoon, the stars seem to have lined up for our nation to avert a government shutdown. It appears a bipartisan consensus has been reached so that funding for our government operations can continue for the next two years. The new budget features major increases in military and domestic spending, including for disaster relief programs for Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. So far, the consensus is limited to the U.S. Senate. However, the House of Representatives is also expected to join on, and if so, there is every reason to believe the President […]

23 01, 2018

Our Budget Impasse and Immigration

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T17:11:04-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published January 23, 2018 Our country endured a brief government shut down in recent days, and there is a decent chance for a repeat performance in the coming weeks. At the core of the debate is our nation’s budget as well as major immigration law issues, including border wall funding, DACA and fundamental changes to our family based immigration system. The political stakes are enormous, with our nation and elected officials deeply divided on sensitive issues such as who is shielded from deportation and who gets to come to live in the U.S. in the future. First, we must take […]

1 01, 2018

The Unknown Future of DACA

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T17:17:45-05:00January 1st, 2018|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published January 1, 2018 The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals measure implemented by President Obama has come to represent an issue bigger than just the undocumented young adults it protects and benefits. Instead, it reflects on who we are as a nation and how we want to treat a population of individuals who arrived in the U.S. as children and through no choice of their own and who now have come to call the U.S. their home, their only home. With President Trump’s decision to wind down DACA, confusion, panic and fear have set in for the 800,000 young adults […]

12 12, 2017

Recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Operations

By Richard Hanus|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 of ICE operations in New Jersey and Michigan as featured in recent DHS press releases: Earlier this month, ICE in New Jersey carried out a 5 day operation and arrested 101 non-U.S. citizens – ranging in age from 20 to 71 years of age – many of whom illegally reentered the U.S. following a previous deportation order, failed to depart pursuant […]

28 11, 2017

Update: Green Card Interviews for Marriage Based Applicants, Including for Same Sex Partners

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T17:22:18-05:00November 28th, 2017|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published November 28, 2017 A foreign national applying for permanent resident status by way of marriage to a U.S. citizen, continues to enjoy a mostly efficient and streamlined process, especially if they undergo all steps in the U.S. as an “adjustment of status” applicant. For most eligible foreign nationals present in the U.S., whether in legal status or not, adjustment of status processing for permanent resident status at their local Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services office (DHS/CIS) is usually preferable to overseas immigrant visa processing at a U.S. consular post. For various reasons though, not all individuals […]

1 11, 2017

In the Trump Era, DHS/CIS Looks For More Ways to Deny Work Visa Petitions

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T17:30:20-05:00November 1st, 2017|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published November 1, 2017 I am often asked why and how there are so many undocumented people living in the U.S. The complete answer has many facets. One of those facets is that our immigration laws make it extraordinarily difficult for ready willing and able workers to fill jobs in need of filling, and even at market wage. Under the Trump administration, those laws have become even less user friendly for employers and workers, including in the H-1B work visa context. Pursuant to federal statute, H-1B work visas are available for foreign workers to fill U.S. jobs, where 1) the […]

19 10, 2017

Trump Administration Looks to Impose Quotas on Immigration Judges

By Richard Hanus|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 after successive administrations on both sides of the aisle maintained a fairly consistent immigration enforcement level. Interestingly, despite all of Trump’s inflammatory accusations directed against him, it was President Obama who, according to Department of Homeland Security statistics, was the most active immigration law enforcer among modern day Presidents. In a controversial move announced last week, the Trump administration is now […]

6 09, 2017

The Winding Down of DACA

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T17:45:48-05:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, 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 September 6, 2017 In 2012 President Obama implemented an Executive Order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) which led to the issuance of 2 year work permits and a shield against deportation for hundreds of thousands of undocumented young adults brought to the U.S. as children. President Obama’s action was a direct response to Republican congressional leadership’s refusal to call a vote on a promising bipartisan immigration reform bill that would have put in place a path to legalization for most of our country’s undocumented population. Now, following up on one of his campaign promises, President Trump […]

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