Denial of application for asylum

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Denial of application for asylum was not error because substantial evidence supported conclusion by immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals that harassment of South Vietnamese refugees in Italy by unknown assailants–which petitioners attributed to communists–was not committed either by the Italian government or by forces that government was unable or unwilling to control. Truong …

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Another new Asylum case:

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NINTH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS -Immigration Law- Where petitioner’s testimony that he was persecuted in Ghana on account of his attempts to convert Muslims to the Baptist faith was deemed credible, Board of Immigration Appeals erred in concluding that he failed to show authorities were unable or unwilling to control his attackers. Remand was …

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Alien was prevented from filing an asylum application

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Alien’s inability to speak English, detention for two months in an immigration detention center, and transfer of his case after he moved from Arizona to California failed to explain how alien was prevented from filing an asylum application within one year of his arrival and did not constitute “extraordinary circumstances,” individually or collectively, justifying alien’s …

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Arizona Law Enjoined

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As many of you know, the Arizona Immigration Law was supposed to go into effect today. However, the Federal Judge enjoined the most egregious portions yesterday thereby stopping the enforcement of this unconstitutional law. The Governors attempt to use the backdoor method of trying to enforce the immigration laws and by being racist (as indicated …

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HRW and ACLU Report on Deportation by Default

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A report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on “Deportation by Default: Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System.” The report includes input from the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center.

AAO dismissed waiver application as moot

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In a 6/17/09 decision,  Administrative Appeals Office (   AAO) dismissed waiver application as moot, finding applicant’s admission of prior drug use to a psychiatrist insufficient for inadmissibility finding. AAO addresses Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.   

USCIS updated its FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions

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USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted.  As of 7/23/10, approximately 26,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 11,300 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

Three Colombian nationals have been extradited from Colombia to the U.S. on Alien Smuggling and Visa Fraud

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DOJ announced that three Colombian nationals have been extradited from Colombia to the U.S. on charges in connection with their alleged roles in a visa fraud scheme through which they fraudulently procured visas from the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Visa fraud Criminal visa fraud Fraud 41 months in prison for fraud 

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