AILA Says Setting Benchmarks for Immigration Judges Strips Courts of Independence

By Kerry Bretz | Published May 5, 2018 | Posted in Deportation & Removal, Immigration Law, Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: AILA, deportation, deportation proceedings, immigration courts, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions | Comments Off on AILA Says Setting Benchmarks for Immigration Judges Strips Courts of Independence

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) criticized a directive from the Department of Justice’s Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) mandating that immigration judges complete their deportation cases more quickly. The group said these quotas will deprive the courts of the independence with judges being forced to choose between meeting numbers and granting a fair Read More

U.S. Attorney General Limits Asylum Seekers’ Rights to be Heard

By Kerry Bretz | Published May 1, 2018 | Posted in Asylum, Immigration Law, Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: asylum, immigration courts, immigration law, immigration reform, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions | Comments Off on U.S. Attorney General Limits Asylum Seekers’ Rights to be Heard

The Washington Post reported that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has done away with a requirement that foreign nationals seeking asylum here in this country receive a full hearing in immigration court. By eliminating this requirement, it vacates a ruling made by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 2014 that all asylum seekers should be 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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