The Wall Street Journal reports today about a subject that often gets less exposure on the 2008 campaign trail: Immigration. What is interesting about this speech is that Obama finally talked about Immigration reform directly. This is interesting as the issue of comprehensive immigration reform seem to have lost momentum.…
The recent raids on employers all across the country, and mostly the fate of illegal workers and their families caught in between, got us all talking about illegal immigration. A recent posting on NPR caught my attention as well. Gloria Hillard reported on “The New Sanctuary Movement”, a faith based…
From time to time we feature guest writers on this Blog. This post was contributed by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of the criminal justice schools. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com. Every year, thousands of children are being adopted from other countries by…
Why do we have such a major immigrant visa backlog? According to the Immigration policy center each year, the Department of Homeland Security fails to issue all of the “green cards” allocated for that year. Under current law, the visa numbers do not “roll over” to the next year and…
Several months ago, I consulted with a prospect that got the round around from the LA passport office. They kept sending her application back because her birth certificate was not good enough for them. I thought it was an isolated matter, but today the Washington Post reported on the problem…
Immigration law is important and that is all that we cover most of the time. But our immigrant readers, may be facing other legal challenges from time to time. So we rely on our lawyer friends from across the country, to provide guest articles and reports. This week we are…
Most of our readers are aware that any adjustment of status in a family based petition can not be approved if the relationship is no longer viable. Yet there are certain exceptions from time to time. On August 12, 2008, in Choin v. Mukasey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
USCIS finally catch up with Technology. It is now possible to receive alerts to your mobile phone about USCIS Field Office closings. USCIS is posting the alerts using Twitter, an application that limits messages to 140 characters. Click here for more info Stay tuned for Facebook and MySpace pages!!!
As lawyers specializing in the 601 Hardship Waivers, we report many more approval from our clients. From Manila to Ciudad Juarez our law firm is fighting the Government and winning!!! Here is a quick update from the field. Warren Janssen, Officer-in-Charge at the USCIS Ciudad Juarez office, has advised that…
Recently, USCIS, released a memo on inadmissibility due to HIV infection in light of the President’s signing of H.R. 5501. On July 30, 2008, the President signed into law the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, Public…