Under the INA, the federal government may deny admission or adjustment of status to noncitizens who are “likely at any time to become a public charge.” 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(4)(A). By the plain terms of the statute, the public charge assessment is a prediction about how a noncitizen might respond to their circumstances in the…

In honor of Veterans Day, our law office would like thank all military veterans for serving our country and protecting our freedoms. We are forever grateful for your dedication and bravery.

On November 2, 2019 a federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) and halted implementation of the administration’s attempt to ban immigrants based on their ability to obtain health insurance upon arrival to the U.S. The TRO has stopped the federal government from implementing the policy…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that beginning on Nov. 29, 2019 the fee to request premium processing for certain employment-based petitions will increase to $1,440 from the current fee of $1,410. Premium processing is an optional service currently authorized for certain petitioners filing FORMs I-129 or I-140 to request 15-day processing of these forms…

To prevent secure document tampering, counterfeiting, and fraud, USCIS will begin producing on Oct. 24, 2019 a new security-enhanced U.S. travel document, which is a booklet that looks similar to a U.S. passport and serves dual purposes. The new travel document will include a variety of secure features: Redesigned booklet cover Four montages containing three…

On Tuesday , October 29, 2019, U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) introduced legislation requiring the government to have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to search or seize Americans’ electronic devices at the border. Currently at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can search through a traveler’s electronic devices without any…

In an unprecedented transatlantic air transport deportation this month ( October 2019) Mexico deported 310 Indian nationals to New Delhi according to the National Migration Institute (INM). INM said the deportees had been scattered in eight states around Mexico, including in southern Mexico from where many Indian migrants enter the country, hoping to transit to…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and U.S. Ambassador Ronald Douglas Johnson announced on Monday, October 28, 2019, that the United States government will extend temporary protected status for more than 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S. The program allows Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. and avoid deportation proceedings and allows them to get work…

Our law office is currently looking to hire a full-time immigration attorney. The job description is found below: Research legal issues and provide advice and representation before EOIR courts and USCIS offices. Case management of family-based and employment-based residency applications and petitions. Non-immigrant work visas and other temporary visas, waivers of inadmissibility, DACA, VAWA. Must…

A Texas federal judge issued a ruling on Friday, October 11, 2019, blocking the Trump administration from diverting $8.1 billion in federal funds to build a wall along the U.S. Mexico border. The federal judge indicated that President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border is unlawful.