DACA Argued Before The U.S. Supreme Court
Published November 14, 2019 In 2012, President Obama issued an executive order allowing undocumented foreign nationals who arrived in the U.S. under the age of 16 to be shielded from deportation and issued an employment authorization document. Eligibility for coverage [...]
Federal Court Injunctions Put a Halt to New Public Charge Rules
Published October 29, 2019 Conversations involving the hot topics of public benefits and immigration have turned scary these days. That is because these are two of the biggest go-to issues for the Trump administration when it comes to political messaging [...]
Richard Hanus Chosen as a Super Lawyer, 2020
Published October 15, 2019 Richard Hanus has again been selected as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Immigration Law by Super Lawyer Magazine for performing at the highest levels in the Immigration Law field and being recognized by his [...]
Immigration Judges Union Alleges Unfair Labor Practices
Published October 15, 2019 In all, there are more than 400 immigration judges in the U.S., and they are employed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office of Immigration Review (DOJ/EOIR) to preside over removal proceedings and essentially decide [...]
Meet Richard Hanus, the attorney whose real-life case became the hit play, “The Courtroom”
Richard Hanus with producer, director, the Keathleys and cast Richard Hanus never thought he’d be a silent star of a major New York play. But the veteran Chicago immigration attorney is just that as the play “The Courtroom” [...]
Appeals Filing Fee May Skyrocket; Processing Times for Chicago Area Applicants
Published September 22, 2019 Administration Aims to Dramatically Increase Filing Fees for Appeals In an effort that will effectively deter appeals of certain immigration decisions within the deportation court system, the Trump administration is reportedly advancing a regulation to [...]
Deferred Action Comes to an End
Published September 22, 2019 In an abrupt, yet not surprising policy decision, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it is putting a halt to a Deferred Action program that has been a part of the immigration law and prosecutorial [...]
The New, Sharper Teeth of Existing Public Charge Provisions
Published August 31, 2019 Concerns about new immigrants becoming a “public charge” and dependent on U.S. government resources, have pretty much always been a part of our immigration related legal landscape. Form I-864 Affidavit of Support – a document required [...]
Richard Hanus Talks Immigration Law, Business, and Politics on Scott Becker’s Business Leadership Podcast
Published August 31, 2019 Richard Hanus recently appeared on the popular Scott Becker Business Leadership Podcast, discussing a myriad of topics such as practicing immigration law in the Trump era, starting his own law firm and deciding on a professional [...]
H-1B Visas Make News in the Courts
Published August 24, 2019 D.C. Federal Court Reverses H-1B Visa Petition Denial In the past week, a federal judge in Washington D.C. ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) must reverse its decision denying [...]
Expedited Deportation for Undocumented Recent Arrivals
Published July 24, 2019 The number of foreign nationals living in the U.S. in violation of our immigration laws is estimated to be in the area of 12 million. Whether they overstayed their visa status or entered without any visa [...]
DACA’s Future Hangs in the Balance At the U.S. Supreme Court
Published July 11, 2019 In recent weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has accepted several consolidated DACA related cases for consideration and in October will hear arguments about DACA’s future. Obama Giveth, Trump Seeks to Taketh Away: To [...]
Deporting Millions, Deporting 2,000 – Same Thing
Published June 29, 2019 On June 17, 2019, President Donald Trump tweeted one of the scarier official presidential communications I have heard in my lifetime: “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who [...]
As Expected – Expanded Supply of H-2B Temporary Workers Visas Is Quickly Exhausted
Published June 20, 2019 Ask anyone who works as a manager in the manufacturing or service industries and they will tell you that it is next to impossible to find U.S. workers to fill positions, both skilled and unskilled, [...]
Facing Deportation: What Do Immigration Lawyers Do And How Can They Help Me?
Facing Deportation: What Do Immigration Lawyers Do And How Can They Help Me? Over the past decade, over 7 million people have gained legal citizenship in the United States. But there are countless others trying and waiting to have [...]