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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Posted on May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS Policy Memo on Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants
So it would seem that F and J status people out of status may start accruing unlawful presence.
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Posted on April 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOJ announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions notified all U.S. Attorney’s Offices along the southwest border of a new “zero-tolerance policy” for offenses under 8 U.S.C. §1325(a), which prohibits both attempted illegal entry and illegal entry into the United States by an individual. Sessions further directed the U.S. Attorney’s Offices to prosecute all DHS referrals for §1325(a) violations to the extent practicable.
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Posted on April 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Yesterday, President Trump announced that effective April 13, 2018, Chad is no longer subject to the restrictions and limitations of Presidential Proclamation 9645, commonly known as Travel Ban 3.0. DOS and DHS also issued statements about the president’s decision.
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Posted on April 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit last week in federal district court challenging immigration detainees’ lack of access to counsel in the LaSalle, Irwin, and Stewart detention centers.
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