Posted on October 30, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
As of the second week of October, thousands of U.S. resident have been prevented from become U.S. citizens in time to meet their states’ voter registration deadlines, thus barring them from voting in the election. As a response, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Boundless Immigration published a special report which calls for USCIS to commit to the “expeditious procession of naturalization adjudications.” If USCIS commits to this, approximately 300,000 newly naturalized citizens would be able to vote in the election.
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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 April 30, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
CNN reports that Supreme Court justices were deeply divided yesterday over whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Five former directors of the Census Bureau, who have served under both Democratic and Republican administrations, filed an amicus brief in the case, stating that, “The longstanding view of the Census Bureau—reaffirmed by several recent Census Bureau analyses—is that addition of the [citizenship] question will reduce the accuracy of the population.”
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Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review, finding that the government satisfied its burden to rebut the petitioner’s claim of citizenship by “clear, unequivocal, and convincing” evidence. In a divided decision, the en banc court affirmed the district court’s determination that the petitioner is not a United States citizen, and is thus deportable.
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Posted on July 6, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The DC Circuit upheld the district court, ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause does not extend birthright citizenship to those born in American Samoa, because the Citizenship Clause is textually ambiguous as to whether “in the United States” encompasses America’s unincorporated territories, and it is “impractical and anomalous” to impose citizenship by judicial fiat where doing so would override the democratic prerogatives of the American Samoan people.
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Posted on February 1, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
http://ow.ly/sHT1h Another win for the Immigration Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Case with a long history before the Immigration Court was administratively closed in 2006 when DHS was not ready to proceed. Client has a conviction for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor (possibly an aggravated felony) but still qualifies for Naturalization. Natz application was filed but officer would not adjudicate application unless proceedings were terminated. Motion to recalendar and terminate was filed and case was terminated without a hearing.
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Posted on January 16, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on May 24, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on May 24, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on May 23, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
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