Pursuant to pending litigation, the DACA program-once thought expired-is still in operation. USCIS is currently accepting renewal applications, and depending on the outcome of a pending case, may soon start accepting initial applications from those w…
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Last week, USCIS issued an important announcement pertaining to TPS for Honduras. The re-registration procedures have been officially published in the Federal Register, and those wishing to maintain their status through January 5, 2020 (the effective…
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Last week, we alerted our readers about a forthcoming USCIS policy change for foreign students. Under the new guidelines, scheduled to take effect August 9, 2018, unlawful presence will begin to accrue immediately under a series of triggering events.…
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Last week, USCIS issued a new policy memorandum that significantly modifies a long-standing government interpretation of what constitutes unlawful presence for students and exchange visitors. Unlawful presence is an important concept for individuals…
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In a previous article, we briefly discussed the differences between administrative closure and judicial termination of an immigration court case. Just last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rendered his ruling in Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I & N…
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Over the last few months, the Trump Administration has vociferously touted its plan to reform the immigration system by truncating “chain migration.” Put simply, adult children, brothers, sisters, and parents would no longer be eligible t…
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Occasionally, USCIS may issue green cards that erroneously indicate the wrong date of expiration. In fact, in late 2016, a New York Times article reported that an Officer of Inspector General report found that more than 2400 permanent residents who w…
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In more DACA news, a District of Columbia federal district court ruled last week that the Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of the DACA program was arbitrary and capricious. As a consequence, the rescission has been set aside and the…
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On March 29, 2018, a federal district court judge granted Summary Judgement on behalf of plaintiffs who were blocked from filing their asylum claims. In the ruling, Judge Ricardo S. Martinez held that the government’s failure to furnish suffici…
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In an earlier post, we previously discussed some permanent bars to citizenship, the most prominent of which were murder (which should be no surprise) and aggravated felonies, arguably the most virulent type of crime for immigration. But these are not…
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