Following a New York District Judge’s opinion last month regarding DACA. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn directed the administration on Friday to fully restore DACA program, allowing new and existing DACA recipients to be protected from the risk of deportation and work legally in the United States. The program,…
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Looking for the latest development for DACA? Check out our DACA UPDATE PAGE! As DACA constantly evolves, the information below is for reference only and might not be up to date. Following the Supreme Court judgment on 6/18/2020, the DACA program has been restored. As of today 6/26/2020, the USCIS (United States of Citizenship and…
Today I’d like to talk about a new policy memo that just issued last week by the USCIS. It’s going to go into effect on 9/11/2018. It’s a very important policy and we get a lot of questions about it. USCIS Denying cases without RFEs The policy is that now the USCIS has the discretion…
Today, I’d like to talk about the new immigration policy about unlawful presence for international students. It is one of the latest USCIS policy memos that affects a lot of international students. That policy is that as of August 9, 2018, F-1 students who are not maintaining their student status will now be going to…
Fourth of July is a day of celebration and commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, and the birth of our nation, the United States of America. The American Dream is rooted in the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed…
The DAPA executive order expands deferred action to parents of US Citizens and Lawful permanent residents that have been in the United States since January 1, 2010. Similar to the DACA process, DAPA will require the Applicant to show evidence of their entry in the US, their continuous presence in the US, the parent child…
Senate Bill 744, otherwise known as the Gang of Eight’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and has begun debate on the Senate floor. While debating the bill on the Senate floor, it is my hope that a special emphasis on the visa numbers is analyzed and discussed. It is…
There is a fascinating book that recently came out authored by Professor Vivek Wadhwa and Professor Dan Siciliano entitled “The Immigrant Exodus”, which can be found at this link. I have not had the opportunity to read this bool but reviewed the synopsis while researching this article. In a nutshell, the book looks to argue…
Definition of “deferred action” The term “deferred action” as discussed in our previous blog post is an administrative discretionary act, not to prosecute or deport a particular alien for a specific period of time, usually for extraordinary humanitarian or law enforcement purposes. According to the new Deferred Action Announcement, certain young people who were brought to…
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