Former INS Attorney Carl Shusterman has been writing an immigration blog on a regular basis since 1996.
Jennifer Rozdzielski, Esq. On January 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions referred the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of Reynaldo Castro-Tum to himself. Attorney General Sessions will review issues relating to the authority of Immigration Judges to “administratively close” removal proceedings. “Administrative closure” is a process Immigration Judges use to temporarily remove […]
On August 31, 2018, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision in Matter of Bermudez-Cota which attempts to severely limit who benefits from the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions. German Bermudez-Cota was born in Mexico and entered the U.S. in 1991. More than two decades later, in 2013, he was served with a […]
The clock is ticking for the Dreamers. Last September, President Trump, in response to the threat of a lawsuit by 10 Republican Attorney Generals, announced that DACA would be ended on March 5, 2018. He stated that he would be pleased to sign legislation which would benefit Dreamers, and that 6 months was plenty of […]
The parents of Melania Trump became US citizens on August 9, 2018. They immigrated to the U.S. several years ago when they were sponsored by their daughter after she became a naturalized citizen. Ironically, this is what President Trump refers to as “chain migration”. Trump claims that this is ruining our country and calls it […]
On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Pereira v. Sessions which will benefit many thousands of persons who are in removal/deportation proceedings, who have been ordered to leave the US or who have already been deported. Immigration attorneys are filing thousands of Motions to Reconsider and applying for Cancellation of […]
On February 14, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in Margarito Rodriguez Tovar v. Jefferson Sessions reinterpreted a section of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in a way which could help keep many immigrant families intact. The Court overturned a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that the son of […]
The State Department released the March 2018 Visa Bulletin today. As Congress is currently debating immigration policy, this would be a perfect time for Congress to end the outmoded and unfair 7% per-country limitation. Employment-Based Categories The worldwide employment-based categories all remain current. There is considerable movement for persons born in mainland China. The […]
On May 6, President Trump signed a budget bill which will fund the Federal Government through September 30, 2017. The President backed down on his demand that Congress appropriate over a billion dollars as a down payment for his proposed border wall. In fact, Congress refused to spend even a penny for the wall. The […]
President Trump wasted no time in signing a number of executive orders which concern our country’s immigration policies. Today, he signed 2 executive orders, one of which authorizes the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and another which would curb Federal funding to sanctuary cities across the country. The President called for the […]
It is now become earlier to obtain green cards through NIWs – National Interest Waivers! The USCIS gave talented immigrants, including those with OPT, STEM OPT, H-1B and O-1 status, a wonderful end of the year gift in 2016! The Administration Appeals Office (AAO) of the USCIS made it far easier for exceptional and highly-educated […]
