Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.

6 01, 2016

New Immigration Raids: Who are the targets and why?

By |2016-01-06T08:01:03-06:00January 6th, 2016|Categories: Asylum in the United States, DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

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 breakdown in governmental institutions, domestic violence and gang warfare, individuals [...]

4 01, 2016

Fiscal Year 2016 U Visa Supply Is Exhausted

By |2016-01-04T12:19:45-06:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published January 4, 2016 Each year 10,000 U visas – which include employment authorization and a path to permanent residence – are made available for foreign nationals who have been the victims of various enumerated crimes, and who are willing, [...]

8 12, 2015

Trump Drops More Bombs

By |2015-12-08T08:36:30-06:00December 8th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published December 8, 2015   First, the recipe:  Step 1) find an indisputable societal problem, Step 2)  determine that there exists a sizeable segment of your audience that is uncontrollably, but perhaps understandably, angry about the problem, and Step 3) [...]

11 11, 2015

Legality of Obama’s Executive Action On Immigration Likely to be Decided by US Supreme Court

By |2015-11-11T09:25:47-06:00November 11th, 2015|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., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published November 11, 2015 Earlier this week, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Court, issued a 70 page opinion in support of their ruling that the Obama administration overstepped its authority in seeking to [...]

7 09, 2015

Applying for a Green Card – The Top 5 Things That Matter

By |2015-09-07T12:13:29-05:00September 7th, 2015|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

published September 7, 2015   There are dozens and dozens of factors that go into an individual’s eligibility for a U.S. lawful permanent residence, or green card. For individuals present in the U.S., the following are the top 5 issues [...]

26 08, 2015

Donald Trump Part III – His Relevance and Why He Scares Me

By |2015-08-26T07:25:42-05:00August 26th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

published  August 26, 2015   Donald Trump is now against it, and after previously being for it.  Last month, he went on record as being in favor of allowing the “good people” among our undocumented population to stay in the U.S.    [...]

10 08, 2015

“Special Immigrant Juvenile Status”: Green Cards for Undocumented or Out of Status Children

By |2015-08-10T11:18:49-05:00August 10th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, 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 August 10, 2015   For a child who is under 21 years of age and in the U.S. without documentation or as a visa overstay, the federal “Special Immigrant Juvenile Status” statute may indeed create a path to permanent [...]

28 07, 2015

Donald Trump on Immigration, Part II

By |2015-07-28T19:05:35-05:00July 28th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, 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 July 28th, 2015   For Donald Trump, it’s always loud headlines first and then, once in a while, substance later.  This seems to be the modus operandi of our nation’s leading Republican candidate for President, the Kim Kardashian of [...]

12 07, 2015

Donald: What Would You Do With Our Nation’s 12 Million + Undocumented Individuals?

By |2015-07-12T08:51:40-05:00July 12th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, 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 July 12, 2015 By now, we have all heard the headline grabbing statements presidential candidate Donald Trump has made about Mexicans, undocumented individuals, the border, crime and immigration.  If we define success by the amount of air time he and [...]

30 04, 2015

Top Six Reasons to Hire an Immigration Lawyer

By |2015-04-30T08:40:32-05:00April 30th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Asylum in the United States, 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), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, immigration reform, 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 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 or employment based, should be prepared.   The immigration lawyer will [...]

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