Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a vote of 16-4 a nonbinding amendment authored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) that prohibits the U.S. government from barring individuals from entering the country based on their religion. “It is the sense of the Senate that the United States must not bar individuals from entering into the United States based on their religion, as such action would be contrary to the fundamental principles on which this Nation was founded,” the amendment states.
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Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOS released the Visa Bulletin for January 2016, including the availability of immigrant numbers for “Application Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications.” There was forward movement in the “dates for filing” and the “final action dates” for many of the family-based categories. In addition, there was forward movement in the “final action dates” for the employment-based, second preference category for India, which advanced to February 1, 2008, and for the employment-based, third preference category for China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines. The “dates for filing” for the employment-based, third preference category for Mexico advanced to January 1, 2016.
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Posted on February 1, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
BALCA held that an American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) wage for an institution of higher education may sample only other institutions of higher education pursuant to the regulations. Accordingly, BALCA overruled the prevailing wage determination (PWD) made by the Center Director (CD) and remanded, finding that the CD’s insistence that the employer provide a survey that sampled each type of ACWIA entity constituted an abuse of discretion.
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Posted on September 9, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Prosecutorial discretion granted and deportation case administratively closed for client with 10+ years in the United States but no immediate relatives, no documented employment history or tax filings and several vehicle code arrests/convictions. Client can now remain in the U.S. legally in hope of immigration reform in the future.
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Posted on March 24, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on December 26, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on December 4, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Fourth Circuit granted the petition for review and remanded, finding that the 1996 stop-time rule under INA §240A(d)(1) had an impermissible retroactive effect on the petitioner’s 1995 credit card theft offense and that he could be eligible for cancellation of removal since he accumulated the seven years of continuous residence.
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Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
More on Immigration Reform possible. According to The New York Times, the House Republican leadership’s outline of immigration principles will call for a path to legal status, but not citizenship, for many of the 11 million adult undocumented immigrants in this country. For immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, however, Republicans would offer a path to citizenship.
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Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on January 21, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
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The court reversed the decision of the IJ and BIA, holding that a conviction does not attain a sufficient degree of finality for immigration purposes until direct appellate review of the conviction has been exhausted or waived.
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