Arrests at Southern Border Doubled in 2019

By Hannah Havemann | Published November 11, 2019 | Posted in Deportation & Removal, Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: border patrol, border security, CBP, ICE, ICE raids | Comments Off on Arrests at Southern Border Doubled in 2019

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that it arrested twice as many people attempting to illegally cross the border in 2019 as it did in 2018. This increase makes 2019 the year with the largest number of arrests at the southern border since 2007. While not as high as they were in Read More

Border Patrol: 34,000 Central Americans Caught Trying to Cross the Border in July

By Kerry Bretz | Published September 14, 2016 | Posted in Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: border patrol, CBP, Central American immigrants, illegal immigration, Immigration | Leave a comment

An article from The Washington Times reported that, during the month of July, 34,000 Central Americans were caught trying to cross the border. According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), that number is greater than in July 2015, when 29,000 were apprehended. It also pushes the number of apprehensions in the first Read More

Immigration Consequences of Criminal and Fraudulent Conduct

The immigration consequences of criminal or fraudulent conduct can be harsh and often illogical. Even a very minor offense could have a dramatic immigration consequence, including deportation, detention without bond, being denied naturalization, a visa or re-entry into the United States. Likewise, the use of fake or fraudulent documents, aliases, and other misrepresentations can have similar immigration consequences. Kerry Bretz and Bretz & Coven have been counseling non-citizen criminal defendants, as well as their lawyers, for over 20 years. We have a long history of strategizing deportation and removal defenses, as well as applications for waivers, in very complicated cases.

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