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Less than two years ago, the Trump administration aggressively stepped up his enforcement agenda by expanding ICE’s Expedited Removal program. Under its expedited removal powers, ICE officers are authorized to practically deport individuals from th… Read More

On February 18, 2021, Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tae Johnson released a new memorandum setting forth interim guidance for civil immigration enforcement and removal priorities. The new policies represent a significant departur… Read More

Legalization Of Weed In NJ? With passage of the recent referendum legalizing marijuana in New Jersey, there has been a lot of confusion among non-citizens charged with drug offenses and their exposure to immigration removal proceedings. At the moment… Read More

A New Year traditionally inspires hopes of better things to come, but for a large part of the undocumented immigrant community, 2016 is turning out to be a stark season of hysteria, anxiety, and fear. Late last month, right around Christmas Eve, ther… Read More

While most non-US citizens are generally aware that being convicted of a major crime may render them deportable, many will often underestimate the impact of certain traffic offenses on their immigration status. In New Jersey, for example, there is a… Read More

President Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration not only provided a reprieve to millions of undocumented aliens in the US, but also signaled a change in enforcement priorities. Under a new November 2014 memorandum entitled Policies for the App… Read More