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Asylum and Crime
New mandatory bans prevent people with criminal convictions, drunk drivers (DUI or DWI), gang members and other alien offenders from receiving asylum WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security announced the release of final rules that modify their respective regulations to prevent certain categories of aliens with criminal convictions from obtaining asylum in the United States. The rule takes effect 30 days after the final rule is published in the Federal...
Dual Nationality (Citizenship) and Application for Political Asylum
Dual Nationality (Citizenship) and Application for Political Asylum Foreign nationals who are citizens of two countries are commonly referred to as dual citizens. According to existing immigration laws, dual nationals cannot obtain asylum unless...
TPS for Hondurans Ends After 19 Years
TPS for Hondurans Ends After 19 Years Today, on May 4, 2018, Kirstjen Nielsen, the Secretary of Homeland Security, announced the end of temporary protected status (TPS) for Hondurans. This decision means that 57,000 Honduran citizens who are living...
TPS for Nicaraguans Ends and TPS Decision for Hondurans Is Still Pending
TPS for Nicaraguans Ends and TPS Decision for Hondurans Is Still Pending TPS For Nicaraguans Ends and for Hondurans Still Pending Last night, on November 6, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for...
Immigration Law Changes
Immigration Law Changes The U.S. Department of Stateamended the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) to greatly expand the number of immigrants who can be expelled for life from the United States for fraud. Any of the following activities can be used as a...
Overturn a Deportation Order – Hernandez Case
A case where a deportation order could be overturned. A new case has recently been decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in Falls Church, Virginia, concerning a citizen of Cuban origin (Hernandez), residing in Miami. In this case, he...
How Divorce Affects an Immigration Process.
How Does Divorce Affect an Immigration Process? Going through a divorce is usually stressful in itself. But when you add to the trance of ending a marriage the fact that, in turn, this is the basis for the immigration procedures of one of the...
The E-2 Investment Visa or Investor Visa
The E-2 Investment Visa or Investor Visa The E-2 e-2 Investment Visa , or investor visa, is ideal for a family, because it benefits both spouses, even if it is requested by only one of them. How is this? Well, if one of the spouses invests in a...
Some people with TPS are eligible for residency
SOME PEOPLE WITH TPS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESIDENCY FEDERAL COURT DECLARES THAT SOME TPS RECIPIENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR RESIDENCY WITHIN THE U.S. BY "ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS." Immigrant Legal Resource Center, April 23, 2017 Recently the federal...
Bad News Can Be Good
Sometimes, bad news can be good. Not everyone who comes to my office for a consultation with me gets good news about their case. I had to give a client in a consultation some bad news this week. And that was a good thing. He even thanked me for...
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