Immigration Lawyer Blog

Most of the world believes that people should never have to live under conditions in their home countries where they must endure ceaseless harassment or worse and not have adequate protection from it. Many countries have established procedures for accepting people who have no place to turn in their own countries and are looking for…

The 6 Most Important Things To Know About Deportation Proceedings If you’re facing deportation, more formally referred to as “removal proceedings,” you may be afraid of being forced to return to the country you left and be forced from the United States which you now consider your home. It’s important to understand why you may…

How can ICE keep detaining and deporting US citizens? A person with legal US citizenship status cannot be deported – yet it happens. There are numerous cases where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has caught wrongly detaining and deporting many persons who were, in fact, lawful US citizens. Although individual rights can be significantly affected…

Did the Supreme Court make deportation for “Crime of Violence” less likely? In a case entitled Borden v. United States, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently clarified the level of mental awareness that persons must have in order to be convicted under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). In that case, the Court was…

Is the US boarder still closed to Canadians? Starting approximately March 2020, the United States and Canada agreed to restrict border crossings for all nonessential travel in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 between the two countries. Canada’s ban included travel by air, land, and sea. Interestingly, the US never banned Canadians from…

United States expands Afghan refugee admissions at critical time As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, thousands of refugees are also desperately trying to leave the country. Since 2009 the US has admitted qualifying Afghan allies and their families under the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program. The program offers resettlement in the US to Afghans…

COVID-19 Blamed for Extending Migration Ban at North and South Borders In March of 2020, as COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and President Trump declared a national emergency in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used its authority in the name of the protection…

DACA in Limbo After Federal Judge Declares the Program Illegal The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was established by President Obama in 2012. The program provides legal status for noncitizens who were brought to the US as children and are otherwise without immigration documentation. DACA status is available to those who meet specific…

Biden Immigration Reform Bill Creates New Path to Citizenship For the past several years, it’s been a rough go for immigrants in the United States (or those attempting to come here) Many may have gotten the message that the once welcoming United States was no longer that place you could go where you would be…

What You Need to Know About the L-Visa What you need to know about The L-1 Visa is that it offers a relatively quick solution to employers in the United States with multinational operations who need to bring foreign employees from company affiliates in other countries to America for a limited time. Similarly, foreign companies…