Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
http://ow.ly/yV74p The New York Times reports that two leading House lawmakers—one Republican and one Democrat—declared efforts to overhaul the nation’s broken immigration system all but dead for the year.
http://ow.ly/yBJDt A Montana state district court found most sections of Montana’s voter-approved immigration law were preempted by federal law. The law would have required state agencies to determine an applicant’s immigration status before granting a wide variety of state services, including unemployment insurance benefits, licenses to practice trades or professions, enrollment in state universities, and …
http://youtu.be/B5PwheKunDU Get the lowdown on all of the employment based categories.
http://ow.ly/yBJso In light of the policy change, effective June 1, 2014, that limits validity of medical examinations to one year from the date that USCIS receives the form, the USCIS National Benefits Center instructs that Form I-693 be submitted one of three ways: together with Form I-485 to the location specified on Form I-485; after …
http://ow.ly/yBIUZ DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson testified at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on DHS efforts to respond to the increasing number of unaccompanied children at the southern border. He announced that DHS has decided to establish a detention facility to hold families and expedite the removal of adults traveling with children. Today, the House …
http://ow.ly/yBIlf As reported by The New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to detain more of the Central American migrants who are crossing the U.S. border and accelerate their cases in immigration courts. To accommodate the change, DHS officials are rushing to open more detention centers intended for families with children, and immigration officers …
Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memorandum to President Obama on the progress made by DOJ and other federal agencies, including USCIS and DOS, on the implementation of federal benefits to same-sex married couples, following U.S. v. Windsor. The memo states that DOS has made and is in the process of making revisions to the …
http://ow.ly/yBEST In light of the recent rise in the number of children from Central America crossing into the U.S., the White House announced that it will be partnering with Central American governments to address the underlying security and economic issues that cause migration. The U.S. will be providing millions of dollars in financial and program …
http://youtu.be/M4qPswFbdZk Learn about Immediate Relative and Preference Petitions
http://youtu.be/kjbcCEHfZ-k Don’t fill forms out incorrectly! It could cause you years of heartache.
http://ow.ly/xVHIE Another win for Brian D. Lerner: AOS granted for couple where husband lives with children in California and wife lives in NY. They were married many years back in the Philippines, had 3 children and then divorced. Husband remarried and immigrated to the U.S. through his USC wife. They subsequently divorced and he and …
http://www.californiaimmigration.us The June AAO processing time report shows that all application and petition form types are “current” and within the AAO’s processing time goal of six months or less.
http://ow.ly/xVGPw Another win for Brian D. Lerner: Divorce waiver granted for Client with very little (almost zero) evidence of a bona find marriage after becoming a permanent resident. I-751 was initially filed jointly, then changed to a divorce waiver, then a hardship waiver and then enough time passed that Client’s divorce was finalized.
http://ow.ly/xN5QZ The AP reports on the surge in unaccompanied immigration children caught trying to cross the Mexican border. The article indicates that, between 2008 and 2011, the number of children landing in the custody of Refugee Resettlement fluctuated between 6,000 and 7,500 per year, and this year the total is expected to exceed 60,000. More …
http://ow.ly/xVEFM Another win for Brian D. Lerner: Late filed AOS motion to reopen granted for couple who’s I-485 has been pending for 8 years. USCIS acknowledge that case was denied in error.