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 …

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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).

http://www.californiaimmigration.us The New York Times reports that a Pentagon plan to allow a small number of young immigrants who grew up in the United States without legal status to enlist in the military has been delayed by the White House, to avoid any conflict with House Republicans considering whether to move on immigration legislation

http://ow.ly/xN4UO U.S. Consulates in Canada are temporarily suspending third country national (TCN) processing during the peak demand period of June, July, and August 2014. TCN applicants with appointments already scheduled at a post in Canada during these months will not be affected.

http://youtu.be/v54k9q2Urbo The Walsh Waiver and New Caselaw making it more difficult – but not impossible.

http://ow.ly/xxAIY What to do after the Green Card and USC? Get a Trust and Will and protect your family.

http://ow.ly/xlWAk Section 402(a)(2) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, 622, which bars the approval of a family-based visa petition filed by a petitioner who has been convicted of a “specified offense against a minor” and has not shown that he poses “no risk” …

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http://ow.ly/xlVRo (1) In a visa petition case involving the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, the petitioner bears the burden of proving that he has not been convicted of a “specified offense against a minor.”

http://ow.ly/xlVmp In adjudicating cases involving the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, the Board of Immigration Appeals lacks jurisdiction to review a “no risk” determination by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, including the appropriate standard of proof to be applied.

http://ow.ly/xlNq4 BIA reversed the IJ and found that respondent’s 1995 aggravated felony burglary conviction did not bar him from §212(c) relief where his entire ten year sentence was probated.

http://ow.ly/x1rqN Communities The Washington Post reports that earlier this week, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told police chiefs at a White House meeting that the Obama administration is likely to overhaul Secure Communities, which pairs local law-enforcement agencies with federal authorities to identify undocumented immigrants for removal.

http://ow.ly/x1qOp The Ninth Circuit joined the Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits in holding that a petitioner’s untimely motion to reopen may qualify under the changed conditions exception in 8 CFR §1003(c)(3)(ii), even if the changed country conditions are made relevant by a change in the petitioner’s personal circumstances.

http://ow.ly/x1qiR the Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded, holding that the BIA ignored the petitioner’s legal argument that he was eligible for §212(c) relief and was prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to file additional documents before the court’s deadline