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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 Nicaragua. This decision means that 5,300 Nicaraguan citizens will lose their temporary status to live and work in the United States, even though many have lived legally here for nearly 20 years. The effective date of the TPS termination for Nicaragua will...
If My Parent Is A U.S. Citizen, Am I a Citizen?
U.S. law, for a long time, includes provisions for children of U.S. citizens to obtain citizenship through American parents even if they were born in the United States. One of the problems that arises when a client wants to know if they have the...
The Danger of Traveling If You Have Had a Criminal Offense in Your Past
Today I was talking to a colleague who told me he was going to see a new client who was detained. The person had his legal residence but was arrested returning from a trip to his country. When immigration authorities were confirming his passport...
What Are The Crimes That Can Cause Deportation?
There are certain criminal convictions that can cause immigration authorities in the United States to launch a deportation case against you. You can't always tell if your conviction fell under the category of crimes that cause deportation just by...
Can I apply for U.S. citizenship if I have had a criminal case?
If you are a legal resident of the United States and have had a criminal case in the past that is considered "deportable" under immigration laws and you apply for naturalization (U.S. citizenship) it is almost certain that immigration authorities...
Local Police Are Training to Enforce Immigration Laws
Lately we are reading in the newspapers and seeing on the television news that federal immigration authorities are entangling and detaining immigrants in unprecedented numbers. Any immigrant in the United States can fall for these efforts to...
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