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What is a qualifying relative? Question: I have some friends who are applying for different kinds of waivers, but I don’t know if they qualify. I heard that they are supposed to have somebody that will suffer extreme hardship if they will be denied the waiver. Can you explain? Answer: First, you have to understand …

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A settlement agreement was reached in a lawsuit challenging USCIS’s policy of withholding asylum officer interview notes from FOIA responses. Under the agreement, USCIS must instruct employees involved in processing FOIA requests that asylum officer interview notes generally are to be produced. http://ow.ly/rBqBN Foia meaning Appeal foia Online Foia Foia request

The Supreme Court will heard oral argument on December 10, 2013, in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) case, Mayorkas v. De Osorio. The Court will consider whom Congress intended to benefit by INA §203(h)(3), a provision which allows beneficiaries of certain visa petitions to retain earlier priority dates after “aging-out” (turning 21) and losing …

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http://ow.ly/tcllC The use of prosecutorial discretion is on the rise in Los Angeles and in some other immigration courts.

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http://ow.ly/tckQk News on detainee rights from ICE. Under a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit, ICE agreed to avoid shackling detainees at the San Francisco, CA immigration court at bond or merits hearings unless they pose a safety threat or risk of escape.

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The Sixth Circuit reversed the BIA’s holding that the petitioner was bound to the concession of removability made by his prior attorney, reversed the IJ’s finding that the petitioner was removable, and remanded for the BIA to decide whether the offense of felonious assault under Michigan law is a crime involving moral turpitude.

http://ow.ly/tckw7 More on Immigration Reform possible. According to The New York Times, the House Republican leadership’s outline of immigration principles will call for a path to legal status, but not citizenship, for many of the 11 million adult undocumented immigrants in this country. For immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, however, Republicans would offer …

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http://ow.ly/tckt9 H-2B cap almost reached. As of January 24, 2014, USCIS receipted 25,477 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap for the first half of FY2014. This count includes 19,253 approved and 6,224 pending beneficiaries. Information for the second half of the FY2014 H-2B cap is also included.