Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
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McAleenan’s resignation from DHS was announced 3 weeks ago on October 11. Since then, no one has been nominated to fill his position. When testifying before Congress on Wednesday, Acting DHS Secretary McAleenan told lawmakers he would “ensure a smooth transition” and, “if necessary,” stay on in his role until a successor is nominated.
About 265,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. have Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which gives them temporary legal status and the ability to work. Most of them have been in the U.S. for more than 10 years, since Salvadorans were first offered TPS during the Bush administration. In the past few years, the Trump administration has attempted …
Over 500 flights were canceled in October, leaving refugees in limbo. Now, the moratorium on refugee flights has been extended to November 5, meaning that no refugees have been resettled in the U.S. in October. Though these refugees have already been through the vetting process and were approved to come to the U.S., the indefinite delays are …
Effective immediately, USCIS has made Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, available for online filing. Acting USCIS Director Cuccinelli announced that this form is now the 8th available for online filing, and is part of the agency’s push to become paperless. Petitioners can also use the online portal to track their status, pay fees, communicate with …
Starting December 2, the premium processing fee will increase from $1,410 to $1,440 for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. The fee was last increased in 2018, and the increase is based on inflation. Premium processing is optional and allows petitioners to request 15-day processing.
USCIS has updated editions of Form AR-11, Change of Alien’s Address Card; Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action); Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant; Form I-612, Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement; and Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. The previous edition of each form will be accepted …
USCIS has updated fee waiver requirements USCIS has published a new version of Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. The new version has removed the use of means-tested public benefits as a factor. According to USCIS, the change was warranted because eligibility requirements for public benefits vary so much state-to-state. Under the new criteria, individuals can request a …
The White House released a document noting that President Trump is proposing a refugee ceiling of 18,000 for FY2020. Further, the president also issued an executive order instructing the federal government to settle refugees only in those jurisdictions in which both the state and local governments have consented to receive refugees under the DOS Reception and Placement Program. CNN reports that the …
In a lawsuit challenging DHS’s expansion of expedited removal that was filed by the American Immigration Council, the ACLU, and the law firm of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and issued an order blocking DHS from implementing its July 23, 2019, notice that significantly expanded the categories of persons …
Military.com reports on USCIS’s announcement that the number of places overseas where noncitizen service members and their families can be naturalized will be cut from 23 to four due to the agency’s closures of international offices. Noncitizen service members will now have to apply for naturalization at four overseas military bases or “hubs,” and USCIS officers will travel to each …
Surveillance Age The New York Times Magazine reports on ICE’s quiet embrace of big data, profiling the agency’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants in a Pacific Northwest community. Analysis of government-procurement records, interviews, and documents obtained via public-records requests reveals new evidence of surveillance of detainees’ voice and video calls at ICE facilities and extensive proof that the agency …
USCIS announced that the Field Operations Directorate is realigning the organization and structure of its domestic regional, district, and field offices. The new structure will consist of four regions, 16 districts (four in each region), and 88 field offices. Currently, there are four regions, 24 districts, and 88 field offices.
The Dallas Morning News reports that a U.S. citizen high school student who was in custody for 23 days after being detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint was recently informed by ICE that his case has been filed in immigration court. https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/best-deportation-lawyer/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/deportation/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/best-deportation-attorney/ https://californiaimmigration.us/removal/winning-a-deportation-proceeding-from-an-immigration-lawyer-and-deportation-attorney/
few weeks ago, reports emerged that DHS had begun utilizing CBP officers to conduct credible fear interviews, but the unprecedented shift in functions remains shrouded in secrecy. The American Immigration Council and Tahirih Justice Center recently filed a FOIA lawsuit to uncover more information about this move and how it’s altering the asylum process.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Trump administration has promoted six judges to the BIA — all of whom have high rates of denying immigrants’ asylum claims. “The [BIA’s] primary function is to ensure rule of law and impartiality, yet the [DOJ] cherry-picked judges from the harshest jurisdictions with the lowest asylum grant rates in the nation