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Where Congress had passed the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) after the petitioner had committed a drug offense but before his crime was adjudicated, the Second Circuit granted the petition for review and remanded, holding that because the petitioner had committed his drug offense prior to IIRAIRA’s passage, he should not have been forced to seek admission to the United States after his brief vacation to the Dominican Republic in 2007. The court further held that the BIA should evaluate the petitioner’s motions to reopen his removal proceedings and to stay his removal under the law in effect at the time of the commission of his 1990 drug offense.
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Effective July 26, 2017, USCIS will require every naturalization applicant to provide biometrics regardless of age, unless the applicant qualifies for a fingerprint waiver due to certain medical conditions.
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The Second Circuit granted in part the petition for review, holding that the BIA should have applied the categorical approach to determine whether the petitioner’s N.Y. Penal Law §220.31 conviction was an aggravated felony under the INA, because §220.31 defines a single crime and is therefore an indivisible statute. Applying the categorical approach, the court concluded that the petitioner’s conviction under N.Y. Penal Law §220.31 did not constitute a drug-trafficking aggravated felony and thus did not bar the petitioner from seeking cancellation of removal and asylum.
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Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced the House version of the Dream Act of 2017, which would provide young people who were brought to the United States as children the chance to apply for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status if they meet certain requirements. The Dream Act of 2017 was introduced in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on July 20, 2017.
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USCIS announced that lawful permanent residents who file the online Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, without assistance from an attorney or accredited representative can now file their form and upload evidence entirely on a mobile device. There are no substantive changes to the policy or content of the form, and the online version has parity with the questions and content on the paper form. Applicants who file the Form I-90 with the assistance of an attorney or accredited representative will continue to use the previous version of the online Form I-90
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USCIS announced on July 19, 2017, that it has returned all FY2018 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the computer-generated random selection process. If an H-1B cap-subject petition was submitted between April 3, 2017, and April 7, 2017, and a receipt notice or a returned petition is not received by July 31, 2017, please contact USCIS.
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The Washington Post reports that New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Friday joined 19 other Democratic attorneys general in urging President Donald Trump to keep the under-threat DACA program. In a letter to the president, the attorneys general said the 800,000 recipients of the DACA program have been a boon to universities and employers. “They are our neighbors, co-workers, students and community and church leaders,” the letter stated. “And they are boosting the economies and communities of our states every day.”
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The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) confirmed that the Immigration Judge (IJ) Benchbook has been removed from EOIR’s webpage and is no longer being utilized. According to the agency, use of the IJ Benchbook was discontinued due to challenges in keeping the publication up to date with current case law
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USCIS issued a reminder that the deadline for eligible Haitian nationals to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is Monday, July 24, 2017. The limited six-month extension of the TPS designation for Haiti runs from July 23, 2017, through January 22, 2018.
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