The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) overturned the denial of a labor certification application where the State Workforce Agency (SWA) job order listed a rate of pay for a Project Manager position of $1 per year. In making its decision, the Board determined that (1) 20 C.F.R. 656.17 does not regulate the content […]
Guerrero v. AG United States, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18766 Last week, the Third Circuit found that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) interpreted the “acquiescence” standard under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) too narrowly. Under CAT, the applicant bears the burden of establishing, under objective evidence, that “it is more likely than not” that […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule published in the Federal Register today adjusting the fees required for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees will be effective December 23. Fees will increase for the first time in six years, by a weighted average of 21 percent for most applications and […]
Chudy Nsobundu, 57, and Sandra Nsobundu, 49, pled guilty to forced labor charges and visa fraud on Wednesday, October 19th, in Katy, Texas. The couple filed a fraudulent visa application for the victim with the U.S State Department stating the following inaccuracies : the victim was 20 years older than she is, she was married […]
Last week, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued out a statement about the recently approved California law, Assembly Bill 2792 (AB 2792), that allows law enforcement officials to inform immigrants of their right to refuse interviews with ICE officers while incarcerated. ICE complained that the new law conflicts with federal regulations. AB 2792 requires law enforcement […]
Benefit applicants can now view their case status in Spanish through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE) CaseCheck website. SAVE CaseCheck is a free online service that lets benefit applicants follow the progress of their SAVE verification case. Applicants may enter document information such as their passport number and date of birth to securely check […]
Save Jobs USA v. United States Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132259 (D.D.C. Sept. 27, 2016) On September 28. 2016 the group, Save Jobs USA, filed notice that it is appealing to the D.C. Circuit, a day after U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the District of Columbia found that it […]
The Board of Immigration Appeals’ recent ruling that copyright infringement is a crime involving moral turpitude that can lead to deportation has some experts concerned the board may have gone beyond the limit of what traditionally fits the bill for such crimes. This ruling came after a man appealed his deportation order after being convicted […]
Tenrec, Inc. et al v. US Citizenship and Immigration Services et al On Thursday September 22, 2016 an Oregon federal judge threw out United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Motion to Dismiss a class action lawsuit against the agency regarding the H-1B Cap lottery. The federal judge held that the suing businesses and their […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced it will step up the deportation of Haitian nationals after a recent increase in the number of arrivals at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The deportation of Haitians was significantly reduced following the 7.0 earthquake in January 2010. After the earthquake, many Haitians fled to Brazil and other […]
