Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS issued a reminder that F-1 students who have an H-1B petition that remains pending on October 1, 2018, risk accruing unlawful presence if they continue to work on or after October 1, 2018, unless otherwise authorized to continue employment, as their “cap-gap” work authorization is only valid through September 30, 2018. See AILA’s practice pointer on this topic for more information.
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USA Today reports on an unannounced inspection of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, operated by the GEO Group. In its report, the DHS Office of the Inspector General identified serious violations, including improper use of disciplinary segregation, guards ignoring the presence of more than a dozen nooses fashioned out of bedsheets, and inadequate medical care.
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The BIA found that the amendment to §18.5 of the California Penal Code, which retroactively lowered the maximum possible sentence that could have been imposed for a foreign national’s state offense from 365 days to 364 days, does not affect the applicability of INA §237(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) to a past conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude “for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed.”
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that on September 17, 2018, it transferred certain Forms I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, for F, M, J, or B nonimmigrants from the Vermont Service Center (VSC) to the Texas Service Center (TSC).
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Today, USCIS published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to revise the regulations on inadmissibility on public charge grounds.
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Mother Jones reports on ICE’s use of family separation outside of the context of the “zero-tolerance” border policy, sharing the story of a woman who was detained with her 2-year-old daughter after they fled Honduras. The mother passed her credible fear interview, and then her daughter was separated from her because the mother was found to be a safety risk to her child, presumably based on information she provided during her interview
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Associated Press reports that after the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) recruiting program was put on hold in 2016, the Army began discharging the immigrants with language or medical skills who had enlisted through the program without explanation.
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
CBP released an updated statement regarding Canada’s legalization of marijuana. According to the updated statement, Canadian citizens who work in the legal marijuana industry in Canada and whose travel to the United States is unrelated to the marijuana industry “will generally be admissible,” but individuals whose travel to the United States is found to be for a reason related to the marijuana industry “may be deemed inadmissible.”
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Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS is updating policy guidance in its Policy Manual to clarify the married and living in marital union requirements for naturalization under INA §319(a). The updated guidance is effective immediately, is controlling, and supersedes any prior guidance on this matter.
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