The Trump Administration is appealing U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman’s ruling that blocks plans to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census. The controversial question, ” Is this person a citizen of the United States” has been deemed by Judge Furman to be “unlawful” and a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. The […]
It has now been 17 days since the government shut down on December 22, 2018 after President Trump declared he would veto any and all funding bills that did not include five billion dollars towards the building the border wall along the U.S./Mexican border. More than two weeks into the government shut down and there […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing arguments in C.J.L.G v. Whitaker, a case addressing whether children in deportation have the right to court appointment attorneys. Presently, pro se minors are being deported with little to no regard of the potentially life-threatening circumstances they are returning to in their home countries. The case being heard […]
USCIS has revised its policy regarding the issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs). According to the revised notice issued November 8, 2018, applicants for U Visas, T Visas, and Violence Against Women Act applicants could now be issued NTA and placed into removal proceedings. The revised USICS Policy now states: Starting Nov. 19, 2018, USCIS […]
Temporary protected status also called “TPS” is a temporary status given to eligible nationals of designated countries who are present in the United States. The status, afforded to nationals from some countries affected by armed conflict or natural disaster, allows persons to live and work in the United States for limited times. The Secretary of Homeland Security may […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its policy guidance on the married and living in marital union requirements for naturalization under section 319(a) of the Act. Lawful Permanent Residents applying for naturalization under the three year provision, are eligible to file for naturalization if they have continuously resided in the U.S. for a […]
A federal court in California has blocked President Trump’s administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The California judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing the termination of TPS for the four countries. The main argument of the […]
On September 22, 2018 the Trump administration announced a proposed rule that would prevent immigrants from being eligible for permanent residency simply because at some point in the past, they received some type of basic health care support, nutrition assistance, or other vital services. Under this proposed rule, millions of intending immigrants will be ineligible […]
Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto and 17 other U.S. Senators have issued a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, expressing concerns about ICE intentions to re-open and re-calendar 350,000 deportation cases that were administratively closed. The letter comes as a direct response to Attorney General Sessions decision to strip immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals […]
“This new unilateral policy will radically change legal immigration, drastically limiting immigration for people earning less than $ 62,750 a year for a family of four.” Public charge has been part of U.S. immigration law for more than 100 years as a ground of inadmissibility and deportation. It was memorialized in the Immigration Act of […]
