Posted on December 20, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The 4th Circuit lifted a lower court injunction against Trump’s expanded public charge rule on Monday. The rule expands what is considered a “public charge” for immigration purposes, encompassing a wide range of public benefits, like Medicaid and public housing vouchers, that were not considered before. The 9th Circuit similarly lifted an injunction, but a nationwide injunction out of New York remains in place, still blocking the policy from going into effect.
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Posted on December 20, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The United States has started sending families seeking asylum in the U.S. to Guatemala. This follows an agreement with Guatemala saying that all asylum seekers who pass through Guatemala before arriving to the U.S. border must first apply for asylum there. Guatemala faces many of the same problems as other Central American countries: violence, corruption, and poverty, and the U.S. has many asylum seekers fleeing Guatemala. For the first time on Tuesday, U.S. officials began sending non-Guatemalan families there
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Posted on December 20, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Judge Briones in El Paso, Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the president’s use of $3.6 billion in military construction funding for the border wall. The president’s proclamation that allowed the use of those funds violated congressional restrictions that limited border wall funding to $1.375 billion. This $3.6 billion was separate from the $2.5 billion in drug interdiction funding. The Supreme Court lifted the injunction against the $2.5 billion in July, meaning that the Trump administration can use those funds while litigation proceeds.
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Posted on December 17, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A federal judge said American Samoans should be considered U.S. citizens, not U.S. nationals. However, on Friday another federal judge issued a stay on that order until the issue is resolved on appeal. Being a U.S. national means that American Samoans cannot vote in U.S. elections or hold certain government jobs. The government’s position on appeal is the courts cannot make citizenship decisions, only Congress can. The government of American Samoa agreed with the U.S. government, saying that “imposed” U.S. citizenship would violate American Samoa’s self-determination.
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Posted on December 17, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On Thursday, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on the rule that ended fee exemptions for many poor immigrants seeking citizenship. The previous rule allowed a fee exemption for anyone on government aid or who could show financial hardship (such as medical expenses or unemployment). The blocked rule eliminated fee waivers based on government benefits and allowed waivers only to those who could show hardship or who were making no more than 150% of the federal poverty guidelines, meaning that many poor immigrants would have to pay the $725 fee. The main reason for the injunction was that the Trump administration disregarded the law when it did not seek or consider public comment on the new rule.
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Posted on December 17, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A Salvadoran father of two had been living in Tijuana with his family for 4 months under the Remain in Mexico program. The family had presented at the U.S. border, thinking that since they did not cross illegally they would be safe. Instead, the Salvadoran man was kidnapped and murdered while in Mexico. The man’s widow described their encounter with CBP: “We said Tijuana was really dangerous, there was a lot of crime but they didn’t listen to us. They said that they couldn’t do anything because those were Trump’s orders
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Posted on December 17, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE agents executed search warrants at multiple branches of Super Mercado Jalisco, a Hispanic grocery chain. The investigation was IRS-led, and during the search ICE agents arrested 3 people suspected of being in the country illegally. The two families who run the Super Mercado Jalisco Atlanta stores also run various other businesses in the Atlanta area.
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Permission to Reenter, Provisional Waiver and Immigrant Visa based on marriage to a U.S. citizen approved for Client from Guyana.
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Naturalization application approved at interview with several public charge issues
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
1473.7 motion granted and client’s 2003 voluntary manslaughter conviction was vacated and the District Attorney dismissed the charges against him. Client can now renew his permanent resident card or apply for naturalization without fear of deportation.
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