Matter of A-R-C-G- is a great BIA case that shows that women who are victims of domestic violence outside the U.S. have a chance to escape their persecution by coming to the U.S. and applying for asylum based on persecution of a particular social group.

EOIR issued an interim rule with a request for comments amending the DOJ regulations relating to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) by adding two Board member positions, expanding the BIA to 17 members. This rule is effective today. Comments must be submitted by August 3, 2015.

Several of the women being held in family detention in Karnes City, Texas, are pregnant. According to the article, the women stated that they learned about their pregnancies after being given a urine test soon after admission, and one of the women stated that she had not received any off-site medical care for her pregnancy.

The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court, holding that a judge’s statement at a guilty plea proceeding that deportation is “likely” does not foreclose a noncitizen defendant’s ability to demonstrate prejudice as a result of counsel’s failure to provide Padilla-required advice about the immigration consequences of the plea.

USCIS reopened the FY2015 H-2B cap today, and is now accepting petitions requesting new H-2B workers with an employment start date between April 1, 2015, and September 30, 2015. The agency explained that the number of H-2B visas actually issued by the State Department was less than the number of beneficiaries seeking consular notification that …

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Green card application granted for client who is married to a US citizen but had a deportation order from 1995.  Client had two motions to reopen denied by the Immigration Court and his appeal was denied by the BIA.  However, once at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, the Department of Homeland Security agreed remand …

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Provisional waiver granted for Client who entered the United States without inspection in 2001.  Waiver was based on hardship to his U.S. citizen wife, who he recently married and with whom he has a U.S. citizen daughter.

Client’s case was denied by the Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals and prior to retaining our office.  Once retained, we filed an appeal with the 9th Circuit and were able to have her case administratively closed so that she could apply for her green card based on her marriage to a US …

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2008 order of deportation reopened for Client who did not receive notice of his hearing.

Motion to expunge 2010 DUI conviction granted.  Client can now apply for naturalization.

Waiver granted for client who entered the United States as the unmarried son of a U.S. citizen but was in fact married at the time.  Client stays a lawful permanent resident and can now apply for his U.S. citizenship.

Client’s asylum application was approved based on threats and violence in Rwanda based on his family’s ethnicity and political opinion.

Post Conviction Relief granted.  Lawful Permanent Resident went from having an Aggravated Felony drug conviction to a conviction that is neither an Aggravated Felony or Crime Involving Moral Turpitude.  Client can now apply to renew his Green Card and apply for Naturalization/Citizenship without the fear of deportation.

U visa certified by the Long Beach City’s Prosecutor for client who was a victim of domestic violence  in 2002.

The Associated Press reports that a judge in Arizona ruled yesterday that DACA recipients are eligible for in-state college tuition at Maricopa County colleges. In his ruling, the judge wrote, “Federal law, not state law, determines who is lawfully present in the U.S,” and because the federal government considers recipients of deferred action lawfully present, …

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