Obama Administration has cut back on deporting undocumented immigrants http://ow.ly/s1Guv

BIA Finds IJ Confused Refugee and Asylum Rules in Derivative Claim http://ow.ly/s1Gut https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/bia/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/appeal-to-bia/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/asylum-2/ https://californiaimmigration.us/bia-deference-given-to-particulary-serious-crime/  

Obama announced that the Senate confirmed Jeh Johnson as the next Secretary of Homeland Security http://ow.ly/s1Gum

There is hope for every immigration case. Don’t give up http://ow.ly/s1Gui Immigration case Immigration lawyer California immigration Our Immigration Law Firm

▶ Parole in Place (PIP) for the Military – YouTube http://ow.ly/rQSQ7

U Visas hit for the Year it’s maximum http://ow.ly/rPiEX

The BIA Overturned! The evidence was not properly considered http://ow.ly/rPiEQ Appeal to BIA Board of immigration appeals BIA overturned BIA rules on step child

http://youtu.be/g4kF59TSFt4 See a brand new video from Immigration Attorney Brian D. Lerner on Qualified Relatives for Waivers.

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

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The Supreme Court will heard oral argument on December 10, 2013, in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) case, Mayorkas v. DeOsorio. 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 child …

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved the statutory maximum 10,000 petitions for U-1 nonimmigrant status (U visas) for fiscal year 2014. This marks the fifth straight year that USCIS has reached the statutory maximum since it began issuing U visas in 2008. http://ow.ly/rG3EM

USCIS announced that today, December 9, 2013, the Dallas District and Field Offices and the Oklahoma City Field Office are closed. The Baltimore District Office and associated Application Support Centers are open, but under a two-hour delayed arrival. http://ow.ly/rBpAJ

BALCA vacates supplemental prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) and increased wages imposed on the employer after approval of the Form 9142 temporary labor certification, finding that DOL regulations do not require an employer to increase the wage it offers and pays H-2B workers after certification of the application. http://ow.ly/rBnYM