Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Insider reports on Peter Brown, a U.S. citizen born in Philadelphia, who was held by Florida’s Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on an ICE detainer and told he would soon be transferred to a prison in Jamaica, a country he had only visited once on a cruise
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Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In compliance with congressional requirements described in the FY2018 DHS Appropriations Bill, ICE has provided reports regarding in-custody detainee deaths beginning in FY2018. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Detention Watch Network, “More people died in immigration detention in fiscal year 2017 than any year since 2009” and immigration detainee deaths are “linked to dangerously inadequate medical care.”
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Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The American Immigration Council filed a lawsuit on behalf of a U.S. company, challenging USCIS’s denial of an H‑1B extension petition for a Computer Systems Analyst on the grounds that it is “not a specialty occupation.” The case is co-counseled with Frederikson & Byron, P.A., as part of the Council’s efforts to encourage federal court challenges to arbitrary decisions.
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Posted on December 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Motion To Vacate to a LPR convicted of Felony –
Motion to Vacate granted for lawful permanent resident who was convicted of an aggravated felony (drug trafficking) in 1982. Client’s plea was withdrawn and his case dismissed by the DA and he can now travel safely in and out of the United States and also apply for naturalization/citizenship.
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Posted on December 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Visa approved for Client whose marriage visa was denied at the U.S. consulate, who then reentered the U.S. unlawfully and was ordered removed from the country. After all appeals were denied, Client applied for a U visa and several stays of removal. Client can now remain in this country with his children and become a lawful permanent resident in 3 years.
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Posted on December 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
AOS for FN placed in removal proceedings –
Application for adjustment of status granted for Client that was placed in removal proceedings because of a DUI. Client can now stay in the United States with her husband and young son.
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Posted on December 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Our client’s date of birth was incorrect on her naturalization certificate and for years she unsuccessfully tried to correct this error with Immigration, including various appeals. When our office was retained, we filed a lawsuit against Immigration in federal court to force them to amend our client’s naturalization certificate. Within months of filing, our client received her correct certificate.
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Posted on December 3, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit in federal district court challenging a change made by DOS to the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) in January 2018 which expanded the scope of the FAM’s “public charge” provision. The complaint asks the court to vacate the FAM change due to it being “arbitrary and capricious, procedurally infirm, and unconstitutional.”
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Posted on December 3, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS issued a policy memo that clarifies the requirement that the qualifying organization employ the principal L‑1 beneficiary abroad for one continuous year out of the three years before the time of petition filing.
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Posted on December 3, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS announced a proposed rule that would create a registration requirement for cap-subject H‑1B petitions and change the rules so that the 65,000 “regular” lottery is run first, followed by the 20,000 “master’s” lottery.
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