Starting October 1, 2018, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will start issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) to certain individuals whose applications are denied. An NTA, which is the equivalent of Summons and Complaint in a civil or criminal case, instructs an individual to appear before an immigration judge for removal proceedings. This change […]
On June 11, 2018, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a controversial decision dictating that persecution from gender violence or gang violence in an applicant’s home country no longer fulfills the conditions required to obtain asylum status in the United States. This landmark decision will not only significantly alter the current landscape of immigration […]
If you are United States citizen considering filing an immigration petition for your parents or siblings, it may be time to do so now. President Trump and his advisors have been angling for ways to cut down on family petitions, using terms like “chain migration.” The term has been coined to denigrate the type of […]
Does anyone really believe that there will be Immigration deal by this Congress and President Trump before the recently passed Continued Resolution expires on February 8, 2018? Don’t hold your breath; swing into action! DACA legislation is one bill that all the key actors proclaim they support. But do they have the spine to see […]
In this second of the two part article on the recent rise of anti-immigrant sentiments around the world, we discuss the root causes of these sentiments. In the first part, we surveyed the current trends focusing on what has happened around the globe in the last few years. The Roots of Anti-Immigrant Views Fear of […]
For a group making up just over 3% of the world’s population, international immigrants make a lot of headlines. Immigration is one of the hot topics of our times, and countries on every continent but Antarctica are conflicted over how to respond to the foreign-born individuals within their borders. Immigrants themselves face challenges adjusting to […]
This year has seen a flood of assaults on immigration laws, with the twin goals of slowing down the granting of immigration benefits as well as accelerating the rate of deportation. These goals have been accomplished not with new immigration laws passed by congress or by the President’s much publicized executive actions, but by policy […]
On 15, September 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is planning to dramatically ramp up surveillance of virtually anyone in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen by birth. The new rule goes into effect on October 18, 2017, the same day the newest version of the Trump travel […]
SUMMARY: Within his first week of office, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) that affects the Immigrant Community. The EO stated its goal to address the threats faced by the United States since the tragedies of September 11, 2001. President Trump entitled the EO “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United […]
The 2016 US Presidential Election will enter history as one of the most polarizing elections in in recent memory. Aside from the frequent and often times vicious attacks between the two candidates this year’s election also represents a stark contrast in policy views. It seems that our country has reached a point of reckoning, which […]