Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced the launch of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Immigration Records SysTem (FIRST), which will eventually allow users to submit, manage, and receive FOIA requests entirely online.
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Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published Form ETA-9142-B-CAA and its instructions in support of the DHS/DOL temporary rule increasing the FY2018 numerical limitation for the H-2B program, which was published today and is effective immediately
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Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The new policies “systematically deprive people coming to the United States of due process and the opportunity to apply for legal relief to which they may be entitled under law.”
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Posted on May 22, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Retired immigration judges (IJs) and former members of the BIA expressed disappointment in Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision in Matter of Castro-Tum, which held IJs and the BIA do not have authority to administratively close cases unless they meet very narrow criteria. The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) sent a letter on January 30, 2018, urging Sessions to affirm the authority of IJs and the BIA to administratively close cases. See AILA’s featured issue page for more information.
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Posted on May 22, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The BIA sustained DHS’s appeal and reinstated removal proceedings, after finding that INA §101(a)(43)(K)(i) encompassed offenses related to the operation of a business that involves engaging in, or agreeing to engage in, sexual conduct for anything of value.
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Top Senate and House Democrats sent a letter to DOJ’s Inspector General, requesting an investigation into allegations that DOJ has targeted candidates and delayed job offers for immigration judge (IJ) and BIA positions based on the candidates’ perceived political or ideological views.
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Plaintiff companies filed a motion in a New Jersey district court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction challenging USCIS’s policy memo on contracts and ititeraries requirements for H-1B petitions involving third party worksites and the special eligibility requirements for job contractors participating as employers in the H-1B program.
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A group of DACA recipients filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the DACA program that was filed by Texas and six other states earlier this month, arguing that their interests are not represented in the case, given the plaintiff states and the defendant, the federal government, all oppose the DACA program.
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Eleventh Circuit denied the petition for review, holding that substantial evidence supported the BIA’s findings that the petitioner, who sought asylum based on claimed persecution due to his support of gay rights in Cameroon, did not experience past persecution and did not have a well-founded fear of future persecution.
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On three BIA decisions that the Attorney General has referred to himself for review, as well as a proposal in DOJ’s spring 2018 regulatory agenda that could widen the Attorney General’s power over the immigration court system
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