Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
The president declared a state of emergency at the border in order to be able to transfer billions in military and pentagon funding to building the new border wall. On November 14, CBP acting Commissioner Morgan acknowledged that the 78 miles currently in construction has been replacing existing or “insufficient” barriers. The administration has just now started …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on November 12 to compel the government to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specifically, EFF is looking for information on “the number of individuals whose DNA had been collected, the accuracy of DNA matches, and the exact gene processing used …
The union for asylum officers and other immigration officers objected to Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced them to send vulnerable asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of the US court case. Some individual asylum officers took matters into their own hands, refusing to conduct interviews under the “Remain in Mexico” program. Other asylum officers …
Almost 60,000 asylum seekers and other migrants have been pushed to Mexico to wait for their US immigration court dates. In Mexico, these mostly-Central American asylum seekers often live in tents with no sanitation, and fear for their safety. Because of this, roughly 1 in 10 asylum seekers part of the “Remain in Mexico” program are …
USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register stating that, in compliance with court orders issued as part of ongoing litigation, DHS is automatically extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan through January 4, 2021.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that asylum seekers who have finished their court cases are being sent back to Mexico with documents that contain fraudulent future court dates, keeping some migrants south of the border indefinitely.
DHS published a final rule in the Federal Register designating Poland as a country eligible to participate in the Visa Waiver Program. The rule is effective Monday, November 11, 2019.
On Tuesday, November 12, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the administration’s decision to terminate DACA, the program that shields certain immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation.
The first step to an asylum application is a credible fear interview, where an asylum seeker has to show they have a credible fear of returning to their home country, which was designed to be a low threshold that many could meet. When border patrol officers began conducting some of these interviews in June, the approval …
Chad Wolf was recently announced as the next pick for the role of acting DHS Secretary. To comply with federal law, he needs to have been in a Senate-confirmed position before he can become acting Secretary. On Thursday, the Senate took the first necessary step for confirmation of his current position, a filing of cloture to …
Last week, Syracuse University published findings that millions of records are missing from public reports, and that the objective data does not match DOJ reports. These inconsistencies include incorrectly formatted documents leading to unreadable data and millions of records disappearing between the EOIR’s own record releases. The immigration judges union supported the university’s claims, saying that the …
The Special Response Team, a division of ICE, startled residents in Queens when it drove through the streets in an armored military vehicle called a BearCat. The vehicle was not being used for an immigration operation at this time. The Special Response Team was investigating a firearms suspect. Still, some fear that this was a show …
On Friday, the Trump administration announced a proposal that would increase fees significantly for a range of immigration applications and forms, including citizenship and DACA renewals. The proposal would also institute a $50 fee for asylum applications and a $490 fee for work authorization. The proposal is expected to be officially published on November 14 and will have a …
he new policy would require prospective immigrants to obtain non-subsidized health insurance within 30 days of entry into the U.S., a move which has been criticized by immigration and health advocates. District Judge Michael Simon issued a temporary restraining order on the policy on Saturday, the day before the policy was to go into effect. The …
McAleenan resigned as acting Secretary for DHS, but has stayed while the White House has tried to find a replacement. President Trump told reporters on Friday that he planned to install Chad Wolf as acting Secretary for DHS. The White House later reported that Wolf will take over McAleenan’s role on November 12. Wolf currently serves as …