By Kerry Bretz | Published November 29, 2016 | Posted in Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: immigrant visa, immigration reform, President-Elect Trump | Leave a comment
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The Trump Effect
Throughout his campaign, Mr. Trump made many promises. Promises that will undoubtedly affect millions of immigrants that reside in the United States. Mr. Trump has stated that in the first 100 days he will take the following actions regarding immigration policies. 1) He would cancel every executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama. Read More
Read MoreProvisional Waiver Program Still Available Under Trump Administration
The Department of Homeland Security published a regulation on January 3, 2013, to allow the immediate relatives of United States citizens, who came to the country without inspection or were not eligible to change their current immigration status due to unlawful entry and presence, to apply for a provisional waiver in the United States. The Read More
Read MoreCriminal Law Issues Impede Green Card Applicants
As discussed in a previous blog, an otherwise eligible immigrant’s application to become a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) can be denied by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for several reasons. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act § 212, there are multiple grounds for inadmissibility, including criminal grounds. Even after an individual acquires LPR status, Read More
Read MoreMayor de Blasio Announces Plans to Issue U and T Visa Certifications to Undocumented Immigrants
On February 9, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) Commissioner and Chair Carmelyn P. Malalis announced that the NYCCHR will begin issuing visa certification for the city’s undocumented aliens, making it the only human rights agency in a major U.S. city to do so. Under Read More
Read MoreOPTIONS TO CONSIDER WHILE WAITING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ACT ON IMMIGRATION
Much to the disappointment of immigrants and immigration reform activists, President Obama recently announced a delay in the use of executive action to solve the country’s immigration issues. On June 30, he promised that he would use executive action before the end of the summer. However, during the weekend of September 5-7, he announced that Read More
Read MoreComprehensive Immigration Reform
As a senior partner of a New York City immigration law firm I was pleased to see the U.S. Senate pass the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill (S. 744) on June 26, 2013. It is the first bill in a generation aimed at fundamentally reforming U.S. immigration policy. However, the enactment of the bill into law Read More
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