By Kerry Bretz | Published April 26, 2019 | Posted in Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: asylum, border security, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, President Donald Trump | Comments Off on With Nielsen Stepping Down, President Trump Considers Tougher Immigration Enforcement Policies
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With Nielsen Stepping Down, President Trump Considers Tougher Immigration Enforcement Policies
In 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 MoreNew York Courts Attempt to Curtail ICE Arrests within Courthouses
The 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 MoreImmigration Advocates Argue Closures of Overseas Immigration Offices Will Create Backlog
In 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 MoreICE Sued over Videoconferencing Immigration Hearings
Last 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 MoreTemporary Protected Status Extended for Four Countries
Recently, 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 MoreJames Introduces Bill to Protect Immigrant Workers from Retaliation
New 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 MoreNew Jersey Businesses Accused of Immigration Service Fraud
In 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 MoreImmigrants with HIV May No Longer Seek Treatment if DHS Proposal Passes
WNYC reported that a Trump administration proposal on how it determines which immigrants are allowed to come into this country may result in fewer non-citizens who are currently in this country with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continuing to seek treatment. On September 21, 2018, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen signed Read More
Read MoreCatch & Return: Policy on Fishing Boats, but Not Human Lives
The federal government enters its fourth week of shutdown (or, as it is more diplomatically put, “lapse in appropriations”) because of what Donald Trump calls a humanitarian crisis at the border. Such importance is placed on this crisis that we have 80, 000 federal workers staring at yet another week without pay. So… what crisis Read More
Read MoreGovernment Shutdown Leads to Cancelation of Thousands of Immigration Cases
On December 22, 2018, parts of the government shut down after Congress and the White House failed to agree on a spending deal. One month later, the government shutdown continues and, as of January 12, 2019, was recorded as the longest in U.S. history. The government shutdown has had a negative impact on many agencies, Read More
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