by | | Announcement of August 18 2011, Avoiding Deportation, Cancellation of Expulsion, Deportation, Immigration Law, Immigration Reform, Legal Residence, President Obama's New Immigration Policy, Prosecutorial Discretion, Sorry, Work permit
On August 18 of this year, the President announced a change in immigration policy with the purpose of administratively closing some of the 300,000 deportation cases currently pending in immigration courts across the country. This was a policy change (or policy) and...
by | | 212(d)(3), Deportation, Deported, Good Moral Character, Sorry
There is a waiver under immigration law for that person who wishes to enter the United States as a “non-immigrant” but is inadmissible. Section 212(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“the Act”) is a broad pardon that allows...
by | | Avoiding Deportation, Immigration Law, Immigration Reform, Sorry
In the Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20081123/NEWS07/811230493/1009 quotes Senator Reid, majority leader of the United States Senate as saying “On immigration, there has been an agreement between President-elect Obama and Senator McCain to move...
by | | Citizenship, Naturalization, Sorry
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 will...