Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
ICE announced new policies on protections for detained noncitizens with serious mental disorders. Updates include ICE-specific guidelines on monitoring detainees with mental disorders, Ensuring that ICE provides EOIR with the requisite information, additional safeguards, and more.
DOS posted the May 2022 Visa Bulletin, Which in addition to final action dates and dates for filing, Contains notes on the diversity (DV) Category including DV-2022 results, The reauthorization of I5 and R5 visa class, The extension of the SR category, And more.
Notices of special student relief and TPS. DHS released advance copies for F-1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is the Republic of Sudan or Ukraine (regardless of country of birth) and who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a result of the crises in those countries. DHS also released advance copies of notices of special student relief and TPS designating both Sudan and Ukraine for …
EOIR rescinds three policy memoranda — The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has cancelled three standing policy message addressing asylum decision and continuances: PM 19-05 (Guidance Regarding the Adjudication of Asylum Applications), PM 21-06 (Asylum Processing), and PM 21-13 (Continuances). As a result, practitioners should expect change. They also must act quickly to protect …
Guidance for nonimmigrant students. SEVP announced that it will extend the guidance originally issued in March 2020 for F and M students for the 2022-23 academic year. The March 2020 guidance applies to continuing F and M nonimmigrant students who were in valid F-1 or M-1 nonimmigrant status on March 9, 2020, including those previously enrolled …
DHS announced That the Biden Administration is building out,A new up to date process, To allow allowed Ukrainians, Considered for humanitarian parole, An effort known as “Uniting for Ukraine.”
SEP 4 2009 Memorandum ~ Acting associate director, Office of domestic operations SUBJECT: Guidance regarding surviving spouses of deceased U.S. citizens and their children I . Purpose -This amended memorandum provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) field offices and service centers regarding the processing of surviving spouses of deceasedU.S. citizens and qualifying children …
BIA clarifies matter of Eslamizar that A “Conviction” Under INA §101(a)(48)(A) requires a finding of guilt in a act that affords defendants all off the rights of criminal procedure that are related without control and that are contained against the states under the fourteenth revision. Matter Of Eslamizar, 23 I&N Dec. 684 (BIA 2004).
President Biden has been facing bipartisan calls from Congress, urging temporary deportation protections for Ukrainian nationals living in America. Immigrant ProtectionGranting temporary protections For the tens of thousands of Ukrainian nationals, Which is under attack by Russia.Senators Richard J. Durbin and Rob Portman led dozens of other senators in a letter to the White House, urging the …
Within the coming weeks, The Biden management is begin a 120-day pilot program In Houston and Baltimore that will place migrants under house arrest as an alternative to immigration detention. The program will have 100-200 single adults enrolled in each location. The so-called “home curfew” policy will cost $6-8 per day for each enrollee,Whereas the immigration detention …
Work Permit Validity Expanded Great news for many noncitizens and their employers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expanded work-permit validity and strengthened automatic extensions. Five-year EADs. USCIS updated its Policy Manual to allow Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) valid for up to five years for several categories. Longer validity cuts renewal filings and helps …
Removal flights to Colombia: what to expect and how to protect your options If ICE schedules you (or a loved one) for a removal flight to Colombia, there are still steps that can pause, reopen, or reshape the case. However, timing is critical. We outline stays of removal, motions to reopen, fear-based protection, and what …
