Those managing to keep abreast of the many unpredictable changes affecting our immigration system are aware of the new USCIS policy regarding the issuance of Notices to Appear. In short, the new policy essentially instructs immigration officers to initiate...
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Month: July 2018
Government Pushing To Take Away People’s US Citizenship | Denaturalization Campaign
Over the last few weeks, we have witnessed a sustained effort by the government to implement President Trump's agenda on immigration. Besides organizing a relentless push to ferret out and detain illegal immigrants, the enforcement branch of DHS appears to be slowly...
New Immigration Policy Eliminates RFEs | Expect More Case Denials and Application Rejections
Last Friday, USCIS quietly released another policy memorandum that sharply reverses previous agency guidance on the issuance of Requests for Evidence (RFE). Numbered PM-602-0163, the update is yet another demarche in realizing the Administration's "zero tolerance" on...
New Immigration Policy Poses Deportation Risk For Green Card Applicants
During the July 4th break, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a very important policy change that drastically departs from previous agency guidance issued in 2011. Memo 602-0050.1 is titled "Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of...
Supreme Court Opens Door for Cancellation of Removal for Thousands of Immigrants
On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court issued an extremely important decision with potentially large-scale ramifications for thousands of people in removal proceedings. In Pereira v. Sessions, the Court held that the stop-rule governing continuous presence for...