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 […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is taking every measure to ensure that President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program stays terminated, ignoring D.C. Judge John Bates decision to have the program restarted by August 23rd. The DACA program offered relief from deportation for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Sessions has stated […]
On Friday, July 13, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum granting USCIS adjudicators full discretion to deny petitions without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID). Filings, such as those submitted with little to no supporting evidence or missing official documents establishing eligibility, may […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Yemen for 18 months. The TPS extension will be through March 3, 2020. Over 1,200 Yemeni will now be able to renew their status. DHS has declared Yemen as the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”. Yemen has been in a […]
The Fourth Circuit sets its standards: what is a crime of moral turpitude, when does the Chevron deference apply, what constitutes exhaustion of remedies and when is exhaustion of remedies accomplished? In Ramirez v. Sessions, a Fourth Circuit Case decided April 17, 2018, the Fourth Circuit discussed exhaustion of remedies, crimes involving moral turpitude […]
