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http://ow.ly/vipTC Wisdom on Immigration This Wall Street Journal blog reports that a few leading Republicans think there is a chance that House Speaker John Boehner may change course and bring immigration to the floor this spring or summer, after the Republican primary season is over. Immigration Lawyer near me Best Immigration Attorney Find a good …
The Los Angeles Times reports that Homeland Security officials are considering shifts in deportation policy, including focusing deportations on individuals who have been charged or convicted in court and pose a potential threat to public safety, and scaling back detentions under Secure Communities to focus only on people with criminal records. Best deportation attorney Deportation …
The BIA held that adjustment of status (AOS) to lawful permanent residence constitutes an admission for purposes of deciding removability under §237(a)(2)(A)(iii), and that the crime of sodomy by force in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice is an aggravated felony. AOS Adjustment of status Conditional parole not eligible for adjustment of status …
USCIS announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of FY2014. The final receipt date for new H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2014 was March 14, 2014. H-2B H-2B attorney H-2B Cap H-2B temporary worker
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DHS released several existing use-of-force policies today, including the 2004 departmentaluse-of-force policy, the 2004 ICE use-of-force policy, and a redacted 2010 CBP Use of Force Policy Handbook. It also released a March 7, 2014 memorandum from Michael Fisher, Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, clarifying existing CBP policies on its use of safe tactics and techniques. …
Court has held that the statute is not ambiguous and that its plain wording does not require a noncitizen to maintain his asylum status to apply for adjustment of status under INA §209(b), and vacated the BIA’s decision ordering removal. Appeal asylum Asylum applicants Final asylum rule How to apply for political asylum
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http://ow.ly/xN5xJ The White House issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an interagency Unified Coordination Group led by FEMA to ensure unity of effort across the executive branch in responding to the humanitarian aspects of the influx of unaccompanied minors coming across the southwest border.
http://ow.ly/xVDbM 212(c) granted for Client who was granted lawful permanent residency in 1983 and had several convictions including possession of a controlled substance and theft and also an arrest for attempted murder. Judge said it was a close call and trial attorney was initially going to reserve appeal but after some persuasion agreed to waive …
http://ow.ly/xN4He As reported by Vox, a new study from the Partnership for a New American Economy found that when companies have trouble getting visas for high-skilled immigrants, it’s bad news for the local tech sector, and for U.S.-born computer workers who don’t have college degrees.
http://ow.ly/xN4tw As of May 30, 2014, USCIS receipted 24,704 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap for the second half of FY2014. This count includes 22,737 approved and 1,967 pending beneficiaries.
http://ow.ly/xN4kp he Tenth Circuit upheld the BIA’s conclusion that the petitioner could not establish the requisite good moral character for cancellation of removal because he had already served a lawful period of confinement in excess of 180 days as a result of a conviction, and the nunc pro tunc order shortening the sentence did not …
http://ow.ly/xN47w Effective immediately, USCIS will begin accepting DACA renewal requests while continuing to accept new DACA requests.
http://www.californiaimmigration.us The U.S. district court in Washington state granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, finding that even though the plaintiff had entered without inspection, his subsequent grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) rendered him “inspected and admitted” into the U.S. for purposes of INA §245(a).