I recently reported on the District Court decision in Gordon v. Holder restricting mandatory detention to cases in which the person facing deportation is detained within a few days of release from state prison. This is an important decision because it is common for ICE to detain people years after they have served their time, […]
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USCIS is accepting Diversity Lottery Visa Applications between October1, 2014 and November 3, 2014. Here is the latest information: Here is a
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One of the toughest areas of family based immigration is proving the bona fides of a relationship. In order to bring your husband, wife, or fiancé to the United States or to get them a green card, it is not enough simply to have a marriage certificate or to say that I intend to marry
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One of the interesting changes which has occurred in recent years in the practice of law is the widespread use of social media. There is probably no area of the law which is completely untouched by the advent of social media and the tendency of people on social media to broadcast many, and in some
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I had a client come in to talk about applying for citizenship. She told me that after she became a citizen, she wanted to sponsor her two (2) unmarried children. I advised her that there was no reason to wait until she became a citizen to sponsor her children. She could sponsor them now as
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I recently posted a blog about a problem we are having at the Phnom Penh Embassy where the Consular Officer is not content merely to deny the Visa Application, but instead is making a finding of “fraud or material misrepresentation” so as to make it much more difficult for the same applicant to apply in
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Non-citizens have an absolute right to be advised properly regarding the immigration consequences of their pleas, and if they don’t, they can have their convictions vacated. It was not so long ago that the courts of Massachusetts and throughout the country said that the immigration consequences of a plea are a “collateral matter,” and that
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I recently wrote a blog about cases in which people who have petitioned for their husband, wife or fiancé have been turned down on “fraud or material misrepresentation grounds”. A link to the following is here: Link While I usually charge $1,500.00 to do a petition for a husband, wife or fiancé, I have been
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The federal statute 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), mandates detention for certain classes of criminal aliens. When a person is subject to mandatory detention there is no opportunity to seek bond from an Immigration Judge, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) itself is limited in its ability to give bond to such people. As a result,
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