The Biden Administration will announce tomorrow a program to allow undocumented immigrants married to US citizens to avoid the long and arduous process of getting a green card abroad with a waiver. They can file for parole status in the US – referred to as “parole in place.” If approved, it would give them parole… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Immigration Law News
Biden Prioritizes Immigration Reform
In a drastic change from the past several years, President-Elect Biden has announced that on Day 1, January 20, 2021, he will propose his immigration reform plan to Congress. According to the Washington Post, “the centerpiece of the plan from Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris is the eight-year pathway, which would put millions… Read more »
Federal Court Rules to Fully Re-Implement DACA
Good news for DACA advocates this week! A federal judge in New York ruled that the Trump Administration should re-install the program as established under the Obama Administration in 2012 to its “full” capacity. What Happened Since 2017, the Trump Administration has attacked the DACA program as unconstitutional. However, after several court fights, the Supreme… Read more »
Drastic Change in application of Public Charge Rule effective February 24, 2020
In B.C. (Before Coronovirus), USCIS and the US Department of State were permitted after litigation favored the Trump Administration in January 2020, to proceed with their much expanded application of the “public charge” rule. The new rules take effect for both agencies on February 24, 2020. The essence of the rule has remained the same… Read more »
Recap of Southern Border Crisis This Summer
The southern border of the United States has long been a point of entry for people migrating from or through Mexico into the States. Due to a surge of undocumented Central Americans seeking asylum in the States at the southern border, a crisis at the border was declared by the Obama Administration in 2014. The… Read more »
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trump Style – The Raise Act
On August 2, 2017, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) introduced a new comprehensive immigration reform bill — Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act. The plan was endorsed by President Trump on the same day. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) summarizes the highlights of this immigration reform bill: Aims… Read more »
Dream Act of 2017 – What’s It All About?
Dream Act of 2017 Introduced With Bipartisanship in the Senate Now here is some legislation both parties can support! The Dream Act was introduced in light of concerns that the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) Program may not survive a legal challenge in the courts this year. This is driving the push for Congress to… Read more »
Supreme Court Allows Partial Travel Ban to Proceed
Today the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to take up the “travel ban” case that has arisen in the 4th and 9th Circuits, and has postponed President Trump’s efforts to ban for 90 days all nationals from entering the United States who are from the following countries: Libya, Yemen, Syria, Somalia and… Read more »
Supreme Court Stops DAPA – the Undocumented Immigrant Program
On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court resulted in a tie vote 4-4 on whether to allow the Obama Administration’s “Immigration Plan” to be implemented. Announced in November 2014 – and also referred to as Executive Action on Immigration or Deferred Action for Parent Accountability (DAPA), the decision was heart-breaking for about 5 million undocumented… Read more »
Update on Obama Executive Action/DAPA from the Supreme Court
This last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the signature immigration case involving the undocumented community, United States v. Texas. The litigation started when President Obama announced he was using his executive authority to expand Deferred Action. Deferred Action derives from the executive’s legal authority to enforce immigration law. Since at least 1956,… Read more »
US Visa Waiver Program Changes Amidst Terrorism Concerns
the Visa Waiver Program has come under scrutiny given the terrorist attack by Muslim extremists in San Bernadino CA in November and an even more gruesome attack in Paris that left 130 dead. The VWP allows citizens of 38 designated countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism without a visa for stays… Read more »
DAPA Program for Undocumented Immigrants Stalled Again
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals today delivered a not-so-surprising blow to the Obama Administration’s effort to widen the Deferred Action program announced in November 2014, almost a year ago. In a 2-1 decision, the Court held the executive order was unconstitutional. The executive orders created a new Deferred Action program called Deferred Action for… Read more »
Opposing Immigration Views on Display at Boulder GOP Debate
As Republican presidential hopefuls squared off inside the Coors Event Center on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder late last month, a group of protesters assembled at nearby Farrand Field to push back against what they see as anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric coming from GOP candidates. The “My Country, My Vote” rally was spearheaded… Read more »
Stay Up to Date with the Latest Immigration Laws
When it comes to keeping up with today’s latest immigration laws, it can get a bit confusing. And with the 2016 Presidential Election taking place next year, we keep hearing more and more on how immigration laws are expected to change. For Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, he has already released his plans to better manage immigration,… Read more »
New Rule Will Permit Thousands to File I-485s Beginning Oct. 1
A new rule will allow family and employment-based Green Card applicants to apply for a change of immigration status earlier than previously possible. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in coordination with the Department of State (DOS), announced on September 9 a change in the process for determining visa availability for immigrants seeking “adjustment of… Read more »