On August 3, 2012, USCIS issued and released revised guidance regarding eligibility for the DREAM Deferred Action Program. The actual form itself as well as more detailed procedures will be released on August 15, 2012. In the interim, USCIS did clari…
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced today that the Deferred Action Program for DREAMERS will be implemented August 15, 2012. Applications should not be submitted before then. More information to be posted early next week.
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The BIA released a very interesting decision recently that can have potential immigration ramifications for anybody convicted in our state’s municipal courts. The case is Matter of Roberto Cuellar-Gomez, 25 I&N 850 (BIA 2012). There were se…
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We are still awaiting clarification and guidelines from USCIS as to how the DREAMER deferred action program will be implemented. We are also awaiting more guidance as to who will be disqualified from applying. USCIS has made it clear that those with…
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Here’s an op-ed of mine that recently appeared in the Asbury Park Press Sunday Edition in the Opinions Section (July 8, 2012).”Is there a middle ground?” by Paris Lee, Esq.Is there a middle ground for addressing the problem of the m…
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on the controversial Arizona law SB1070. The 5-3 ruling was a generally positive one: out of the four provisions that were challenged by the Obama Administration as being pre-empted by federal immigration law, the H…
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Since President Obama’s historic announcement last Friday, I have a received a flurry of inquiries from interested New Jersey residents (legal and otherwise) about the “new law.” First off, we should clarify that there is no “…
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