Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
The Third Circuit held that people who publicly provide assistance against major Salvadoran gangs constitute a particular social group (PSG) and that the BIA erred in applying Myrie v. Attorney General when it denied the petitioner CAT relief.
MALDEF filed a complaint on behalf of six U.S. citizens who were denied federal stimulus checks because they filed joint tax returns with spouses who use an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to pay taxes. A U.S. citizen from Illinois also filed a class action suit against the administration, alleging that the denial of stimulus checks to U.S. citizens …
DHS published a notice in the Federal Register containing the text of the Asylum Cooperative Agreement between the United States and Honduras, which was signed on September 25, 2019.
DOS announced that starting June 1, 2020, the National Visa Center (NVC) will no longer accept or respond to inquiries through mail. Any unsolicited mail postmarked June 1, 2020, or later will not receive a response and will be destroyed. All inquiries will need to be submitted through the NVC’s Public Inquiry Form.
The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that, with the decommissioning of the iCERT System, the publishing of application processing times has been transitioned to the FLAG System website.
Acting ICE Director Matthew Albence is resisting a White House effort to install a number of political appointees at the agency that he helms. The clash is the latest in a series of battles between Albence and other top officials, as the ICE chief faces pressure from Trump administration officials who see the coronavirus crisis …
USCIS announced that U.S. service members and veterans can now file Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, online.
Last week, USCIS announced that for certain types of requests and notices issued between March 1 and July 1, 2020, inclusive, USCIS will consider responses received within 60 calendar days after the response due date set in the request or notice before taking any action. DHS announced that beginning May 1, 2020, Form I-9 List B identity documents set …
CNN reports that the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General is reviewing the Trump administration’s decision to keep the nation’s immigration courts open while COVID-19 swept through the United States. EOIR came under criticism from immigration judges, attorneys, and ICE prosecutors for proceeding with immigration hearings despite social distancing guidelines and shelter-in-place orders
According to Guatemala’s health minister, flights arriving with deportees from the U.S. have increased the amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19. In one flight, 50-75% of deportees tested positive for the coronavirus. Additionally, the U.S. has allegedly been noncompliant with a request to have only 25 passengers per plane. As a result, Guatemala has expanded COVID-19 testing of those …
DHS has temporarily changed H-2A rules to minimize disruption of agriculture caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
USCIS announced that because DOS is not processing Hague Adoption Convention cases from the Republic of the Congo, and because U.S. consular officers cannot issue the Hague Adoption Certificate or Hague Custody Certificate, USCIS will reject Form I-800 petitions filed for children from the Republic of the Congo.
CBS News reports that yesterday, a federal judge in California ordered ICE to actively and rapidly review the cases of all detained immigrants at increased risk of severe illness or death if they contract the coronavirus and determine whether they should be released. Coronavirus cases among the more than 31,000 immigrants held by ICE surged to 220 …
The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) submitted a motion to file an amicus brief in NIPNLG, et. al. v. EOIR, et. al., a case filed by AILA, the Immigration Justice Campaign, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), and several detained individuals challenging EOIR’s operation of in-person immigration court hearings and ICE’s conditions of …
Today, the CDC published a notice of a new order extending the suspension of entry of certain persons traveling from Canada and Mexico through land ports of entry (POEs) through May 20, 2020. CBP also published notices continuing temporary travel restrictions for land POEs on the U.S. border with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico.