Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
TPS for Haiti: extensions, redesignations, and how to apply Temporary Protected Status (TPS) lets eligible Haitian nationals (and certain people without nationality who last lived in Haiti) live and work in the U.S. temporarily when DHS designates Haiti due to conditions like armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary conditions. However, rules differ depending on whether …
Partisan splits immigration policy. The Wall Street Journal reports that a political log jam over the southern U.S. border has once again prevented Congress from making changes to the immigration system, with prospects for next year only growing dimmer. Indeed, partisan splits on immigration policy continue to show stark divisions. Take the border fence idea. Forty-eight percent oppose the fence. …
The CDC announced on December 28, 2022.It stated that beginning on January 5, 2023, it will require a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery for all travelers two years and older. This applies to travelers boarding flights to the United States that originated in China, Hong Kong, and Macau.The requirement is due to the recent surge in …
The United States asylum system has experienced a dramatic increase in pendingapplications in recent years. Reports from government and research organizationshave shown that the total number of asylum cases awaiting decisions has approachedor exceeded 1.6 million in some periods, marking one of the largest backlogs inthe history of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) …
Over the past two years,The Biden administration expands immigration tool and advocates are hoping for more of an expansion of the program. TPS allows immigrants who cannot safely return to their home countries to work legally and avoid deportation for 18-month periods. Biden has the authority to unilaterally designate which countries are eligible, bypassing Congress. Biden has …
It has been over a year since the U.S. Immigration System withdrew from Afghanistan.Since then,There have been tens of thousands of Afghan families that have resettled in the U.S. through different immigration pathways.Some will be able to have permanent residence in the U.S.While others only have permission to be in the country for a short period without a chance …
Migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris’s home. Three busloads of migrants arrived at the Naval Observatory, where Harris lives. A nonprofit organization helped them reach a church for shelter, food and other care. The Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, a local grassroots organization, met the migrants. They were inadequately dressed for the freezing temperature, according to …
The Supreme Court has decided to keep the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 in place for now. Policy set to end on Dec. 21. Law week by Chief Justice John Roberts. The court is to review the issue whether the states have the right to intervene in the legal battle over Title 42. The federal …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have issued a temporary final rule. This rule makes 64,716 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Ensuring DHS and DOL coordination, these supplemental visas are for U.S. employers. They need to petition for additional workers during certain periods before …
CA9 upholds permanent injunction. The Ninth Circuit declare the district court’s division of a permanent order in Moreno Galvez v. Jaddou, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to decide Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) request within 180 days of filing. The court also vacated a plan SIJ candidate to toll the lawful. USCIS has sole jurisdiction over petitions for special …
Data leaks on more than 6,000 detainees. The Associated Press reports that Immigration ICE inadvertently posted personal information of more than 6,000 people in its custody to its website for about five hours. ICE said it was telling detainees or their attorneys of the leak, which was first reported by the Los Angeles Times. That will …