The New York times reports that the flow of immigrants to the United States has resumed, after falling to the lowest level in decades during the recession, a new study finds. The number of immigrants in the United States was estimated to have risen by...
The Washington Post reported that despite vows by the Obama administration to focus its immigration enforcement efforts on criminals, a quarter of those who have been deported through a program called Secure Communities had not been convicted of committing any crime, government statistics show. And...
Matter of Sosa Ventura, ID 3702, 25 I&N Dec. 391 (BIA 2010) - (1) A grant of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) waives certain grounds of inadmissibility or deportability solely for the limited purpose of permitting an alien to remain and work temporarily in the United...
The New York Times reported that in a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that illegal immigrants can be eligible for the same reduced tuition at public colleges and universities as legal residents of the state. The ruling is the latest in a...
DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on the Performance of 287(g) Agreements which provides the same dreary account of the program as the first one. The April 2010 report found that ICE and its local law enforcement partners have not complied...
While some fault the foreclosure crisis for the swell in vacant homes and continuing drop in home prices, recent Census data reveals that immigrants—or lack thereof—may be a bigger factor contributing to the housing glut than people may realize. According to Fortune Magazine, steady...
A client came to our immigration law office in Philadelphia, PA for a consultation and brought a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued in connection to an I-485 Adjustment of Status Application. The client had filed...
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced a change to the security enhancements to its telephone case information system. As previously announced for the August 30, 2010, launch of phase one, EOIR successfully moved the system to a more stable and reliable server...
A client sought legal advice from our attorneys after he had filed a green card application with another lawyer on the basis of his marriage to a Untied States Citizen that was denied because the client had a criminal conviction that rendered him inadmissible to...
The Obama administration is changing the federal immigration enforcement strategy in ways that reduce the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants, even as states such as Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, Ohio and Texas are pushing to accelerate deportations.The changes focus enforcement on immigrants who...
