Immigration lawyers in New Jersey filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to keep them from having to appear
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey/articles/2020-07-31/immigration-lawyers-seek-video-court-appearances-amid-virus...
THE RESPONSE OF DHS TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC – MARCH 2020
There is no question that the Coronavirus pandemic, which from here on out I’m calling by its technical name, Covid-19, has disrupted...
A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
Occasionally, where I know my work has “made a difference” in a client’s life and he or she would like me to, I attend the client’s...
IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRYING TO ABOLISH THE IMMIGRATION COURT SYSTEM?
That’s what The National Association of Immigration Judges, https://www.naij-usa.org/, appears to be saying in the attached Press...
GUATEMALAN HUSBAND AND FATHER OF THREE WINS “WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL” PROTECTION IN ELIZABETH IMMIGRA
I recently posted about the Trump Administration’s attempt to eliminate asylum protections for Cental American citizens fleeing...
The War On Immigrants Is Fought Even In The Most Routine Immigration Applications
Nowadays I don't think there is a person in the United States who isn't aware that the Trump Administration is implacably opposed to...
Stay-At-Home Waiver No Longer Available to Aliens in Proceedings
I have previously written here about the benefits of the Obama-era "stay-at-home" unlawful presence waiver (an “I-601A application”) for...
Chaos in the Immigration Courts. Pereira v. Sessions.
On June 28, 2018 the US Supreme Court decided an immigration case named Pereira v. Sessions.[1] It is a procedural case that has not...
Immigration Judge Grants Detained Guatamalan Citizen Permanent Resident Status After Two-Day Hearing
Yesterday I received word that the Government will not appeal an immigration judge’s decision entered July 17, 2008 granting a citizen of...
Successful Affirmative Asylum Claim
Yesterday I received word that one of my asylum clients, a Venezuelan college student who retained me in 2015, was granted asylum after a...