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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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS published a final rule in today’s Federal Register increasing the premium processing filing fee by 14.92 percent, changing it from $1,225 to $1,410. The rule is effective October 1, 2018, and applications postmarked on or after that date must include the new fee.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On Friday, August 31, 2018, a district court judge in Texas declined to issue a preliminary injunction halting DACA.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The BIA found that a notice to appear that doesn’t specify the time and place of an individual’s initial removal hearing vests an immigration judge with jurisdiction over the removal proceedings and meets the requirements of INA §239(a), so long as a notice of hearing specifying this information is later sent to the individual.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS’s new guidance regarding the discretion to deny an application, petition, or request without first issuing an RFE or NOID in certain circumstances will take effect next Tuesday, September 11, 2018.
Another hit on due process. However, going to court is always an option.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Matter of L‑A‑B‑R‑, which outlined when immigration judges (IJs) may grant continuances; Matter of Castro‑Tum, which limited IJs authority toadministratively close a case; and Matter of A‑B‑, which narrowed the criteria for demonstrating membership in a particular social group.
Sessions is trying to turn the Immigration Courts into puppet institutions that just deport people without regard to real representation.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The First Circuit upheld BIA denials that the petitioner was targeted based on her family relationship and that “single mothers with no male protection who are unable to relocate in El Salvador” are a particular social group. The court also denied the CAT claim, affirming that the petitioner presented no evidence that a Salvadoran official would acquiesce to the petitioner’s torture by gang members.
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Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that today, September 10, 2018, it changed the filing location for Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. The form was previously filed at the California and Vermont Service Centers. Now, petitioners must send Form I-751 to a USCIS Lockbox facility; however, the California, Nebraska, Vermont, and Texas service centers will be the adjudicating offices.
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Posted on August 28, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
AG again issues a decision to take power away from the Immigration Judges in order to try to expedite deportation and removals
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