Attorney General Sessions getting tougher on asylum applicants
In a recent ruling, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that women who were victims of domestic violence, and people fleeing...
20 June, 2018
Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.
USCIS to start denaturalizing and deporting people who obtained citizenship by fraud
The USCIS announced it will start a task force of several dozen lawyers and immigration officers to start reviewing cases...
13 June, 2018
What is a fixed marriage?
If a person is ever caught in a fixed marriage (married solely to obtain immigration benefits), the consequences (or punishment)...
06 June, 2018
DNA testing to establish family relationships
In the Philippines, establishing family relationships can sometimes be extremely complex. A child may be born and then “given” to...
30 May, 2018
Ice deports student not attending classes
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently issued a press release that they had a student removed/deported, when they found...
23 May, 2018
Child Status Protection Act
A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE THAT INCLUDED RETROGRESSION OF PRIORITY DATES, AGING OUT, AND HIS FATHER SUCCUMBING TO CANCER JUST BEFORE VISA...
18 May, 2018
Caregiver Green Cards
CAREGIVERS OVERCOME FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY, AFTER SIX ICE AGENTS KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR After they were offered jobs as caregivers, Danilo...
18 May, 2018
Adoption
ABANDONED BY HER BIRTH PARENTS, NIKKA WAS ALMOST LEFT BEHIND WHEN USCIS CHALLENGED HER ADOPTIVE PARENT’S ELIGIBILITY TO PETITION HER Lilia...
18 May, 2018
Adjustment of Status for a Green Card
HER “AMERICAN DREAM” SHATTERED WHEN HER CASE WAS DENIED AND HER TWO PRIOR ATTORNEYS TOLD HER THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS...
18 May, 2018