Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The New York Times reports that Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost. In the period between 2005 and 2014 “this report estimated that the net fiscal impact of refugees was positive,” contradicting a central argument made by advocates of deep cuts in refugee totals.

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Eligibility for asylum

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The Eighth Circuit denied the petition for review, holding that the Guatemalan petitioner had not demonstrated that the record compelled the finding that his subjective fear of persecution was objectively reasonable. The court thus found that substantial evidence supported the IJ’s and BIA’s determination that he failed to establish eligibility for asylum.

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Posted on September 26, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS released an updated Affirmative Asylum Scheduling Bulletin as of September 11, 2015. This Bulletin explains how the Asylum Division has prioritized the adjudication of affirmative applications for asylum and provides the filing dates (month and year) of most asylum applications scheduled for local interviews during that particular month.

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Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The Fifth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of the petition for review, finding that INA §241(a)(5)’s plain language, relevant regulations, and analogous case law compel the conclusion that immigrants whose removal orders are reinstated following illegal re-entry into the United States may not apply for asylum.

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Posted on June 8, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

Matter of A-R-C-G- is a great BIA case that shows that women who are victims of domestic violence outside the U.S. have a chance to escape their persecution by coming to the U.S. and applying for asylum based on persecution of a particular social group.

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Posted on June 2, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

Client’s asylum application was approved based on threats and violence in Rwanda based on his family’s ethnicity and political opinion.

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Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) says that there are reports of refugee families victimized by the recent telephone scam targeting Bhutanese refugees have come in from Texas, Washington State, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska.

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AILA amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the meaning of “particular social group” for asylum purposes

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

AILA amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the meaning of “particular social group” for asylum purposes, arguing that the “social visibility” or “particularity” should not constitute part of the social group inquiry.

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The court found that the addition of social visibility and particularity to the BIA’s social group definition is inconsistent requirements

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The court found that the addition of social visibility and particularity to the BIA’s social group definition is inconsistent with prior decisions and rejected it without a reason for adopting the requirements.