By Kerry Bretz | Published June 5, 2019 | Posted in Asylum, Immigration Law, Immigration Law News, Political Asylum | Comments Off on Twelve Asylum Seekers Sue Trump Administration For “Categorically Denying” Release
According to Newsweek, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have teamed up to sue the United States government for refusing to grant parole to twelve asylum seekers currently being held in immigrant detention facilities in Louisiana and Alabama. According to the lawsuit, there was no legal reason Read More
Read MoreOn May 9th, it was announced that Andreea Dumitru, AKA Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu, an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, would be sentenced to five years in prison for submitting fraudulent asylum applications to US immigration authorities. She was convicted of a scheme in which she knowingly made false statements about her clients’ personal Read More
Read MoreIn recent months, U.S. Department of Homeland Securities (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have started to push back from President Trump’s demands, some of which required the crossing of legal limitations and constitutional protections. On April 7, 2019, Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS Secretary, announced her resignation after meeting with President Donald Trump. Read More
Read MoreThe New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) issued new rules on Wednesday which are intended to curtail federal immigration officials’ ability to arrest undocumented individuals in state courthouses. Under the new rules, immigration officials are required to have a federal judicial warrant or order to a New York judge or court attorney before Read More
Read MoreIn an effort to save money, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is closing its 23 international immigration field offices over the next year and all immigration matters will be referred back to the regional U.S. offices. However, many immigration advocacy groups said these closures will mean more backlogs. NBC News Read More
Read MoreLast month, several detained immigrants in New York City sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over their new policy of holding immigration hearings over videoconferencing. The ICE policy began last June after ICE’s New York office refused to bring jailed immigrants to the immigration court located on Varick Street. Instead, ICE cited safety concerns concerning Read More
Read MoreRecently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a notice that extends Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti, and Nicaragua to January 2020, as the result of federal court action. Currently, there are as many as 300,000 non-citizens living in the United States under TPS. The new expiration date will allow these Read More
Read MoreNew York State Attorney General Letitia James announced she has proposed a bill that would punish employers who retaliate against immigrant workers by threatening to disclose their immigration status to federal law enforcement. Her legislation would preclude employers from contacting federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if the employee lodged a Read More
Read MoreIn November 2018, more than two dozen New Jersey businesses were cited for allegedly defrauding individuals by charging them for immigration services that they were not authorized to provide. As of February 2019, some of the businesses who were accused of fraud pleaded no contest and started paying penalties. However, according to the USA TODAY Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently posted data which shows crisis-level delays in the agency’s processing of applications and petitions for immigration benefits. These delays have caused significant harm to vulnerable populations across the country. In 2003, the USCIS created by Congress with the goal of efficiently processing immigration-related applications and petitions. Read More
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