Can our country afford Immigration Reform? That is the question raised by Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. He argues making 11 million illegal immigrants eligible for legal status would “generate costs in Medicare and Social Security a…
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Confusion is rife when it comes to the topic of unlawful presence in the United States, as is on how long an offending alien has to wait before re-entering the United States. At the most basic level, an alien is unlawfully present when they have ente…
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On December 21st 2012, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced the end of the 287(g) program. What does this mean for you? First, a review of what the 287(g) program was, and second, what will ICE replace it with? The 287(g) program allo…
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DHS Secretary Janet Naplitano announced today the posting of a final rule in the Federal Register concerning the provisional or stateside waiver process that we had written about earlier. Under this new process–which will become effective March…
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Is it better to Achieve, or to Dream? That is a question that was raised late last year by Senators Hutchison, Kyl, and McCain. They introduced the Achieve Act, which acts as a counter-offer to the Democrats’ Dream Act. Both Acts seek to offer…
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There are many instances in which a person can find himself or herself ineligible to enter the United States. This could be due to overstaying one’s visa, being arrested in regard to human smuggling (which often enough involves nothing more tha…
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Not just too long ago, the United States District Court ruled that the Petitioner in a Habeas Action that he was entitled to a Individual Bond Hearing after ICE took the person into custody years later. Just again recently, New Jersey District Court…
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Though not a published or precedential decision, the District Court of New Jersey recently issued a significant ruling regarding mandatory detention and whether an individual is entitled to a bond hearing. In Demanche v. Taylor, et. al., the Court ru…
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We have received word that the USCIS offices in New Jersey will be closed tomorrow due to Hurricane Sandy. The Newark and Mount Laurel Offices will be closed.Our office will also be closed. Please be advised that Tuesday appointments may also be canc…
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In an interesting decision out of the First Circuit, Sheikh vs. Holder, the Court of Appeals recently ruled that it was not an abuse of discretion for an Immigration Judge to deny a six-month continuance to the Respondent to wait for the passage of c…
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