According to a report from ABC News, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing to roll out a new plan that would allow for the indefinite, long-term detention of migrant families — including young children and infants. Reports indicate that the Trump Administration will move to unilaterally terminate key provisions of the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA).…
According to reporting from Voice of San Diego, a detainee at San Diego’s Otay Mesa Detention Center is alleging that he has been a victim of serious medical neglect within the facility. A representative for the unidentified asylum seeker has filed a complaint with the California medical board — arguing that her client is receiving…
According to reporting from The Hill, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is vowing to fight back against the Trump Administration’s new “public charge” rules. In a press release, Attorney General Becerra states that Trump Administration’s proposal is a “vile attack on lower income communities of color” and that the rule will “have devastating impacts on…
According to reporting from KTLA 5, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted the largest immigration raid in more than ten years — arresting nearly 700 people at multiple worksites in Mississippi. Apparently planned over the last several months, the agency used approximately 600 agents to carry out coordinated enforcement operations at food processing…
On August 4th, 2019, a disheartening op-ed was published in the Los Angeles Times. Titled ‘Why I resigned as an immigration judge’, it was written by Ilyce Shugall — a former immigration judge in San Francisco who was driven out of service by the Trump Administration’s repeated attacks on immigrant rights. Ms. Shugall noted that…
Today we had a huge victory for a great client! After trying to sneak his wife into the United States, this client was facing deportation. The government said that because he had smuggled her in, he did not deserve to keep his green card. It was a long journey, but we were able to prove…
As immigration lawyers, we work with many people who come to the U.S. seeking asylum. For many individuals, applying for asylum in the U.S. is their only chance to escape persecution in their home country. No matter what your reason for fleeing your home country is, asylum can be the light at the end of…
In the first night of a two-night Democratic presidential debate, a sharp disagreement emerged over what should be done about immigration law and “Section 1325”. Julián Castro, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, challenged former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke to support his proposal to outright repeal Section 1325. Many people who are interested…
I've previously posted about the proposed changes to the rules about “public charge.” While these rules don’t apply yet to people getting their green card inside the United States (known as “adjustment of status), if you are getting your green card from a consulate outside the United States (known as “consular processing”), it is important…
Back in the good ol’ days (circa 2016), if you had a question about your immigration case pending at USCIS or needed an I-551 stamp in your passport to show that you were a lawful permanent resident, you could simply go online to the website of USCIS and schedule an INFOPASS appointment at your local…
