Breaking News on Parole in Place!
Last week on Veterans Day, I wrote about binational military families and how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security does its best to work with immigrant families. One program I highlighted was Parole…
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USCIS and DACA: Propaganda from our Government
On Saturday, November 16th, USCIS issued a press release discussing the approval numbers and arrest records of DACA recipients. It is pure propaganda meant to turn the public away from…
U.S. Admits No Refugees in October, Cancelling Hundreds of Flights
For the first time in decades, the U.S. did not admit any refugees last month. The State Department delayed refugee admissions three times, cancelling the flights of approximately 500 refugees who had…
Judge Says ICE Can’t Rely Solely on Databases to Detain Immigrants
On September 27th, a federal judge ruled against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying the agency could not solely rely on flawed databases to target illegal immigrants for deportation. U.S….
Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments About Asylum Policies
On October 1st, a federal appeals court took a closure look at two of the Trump administration’s controversial asylum policies that require certain migrants to remain in Mexico throughout their…
Looking at Human Trafficking Differently
Looking at Human Trafficking Differently Atlanta is one of the worst cities for human trafficking. We hear this often, but I wonder how many of us actually see this –…
20 Organizations File Suit to Block Indefinite Detainment of Immigrant Children
20 organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, filed a legal brief to block a federal regulation that would allow the government to indefinitely detain migrant children. The lawsuit argues…
USCIS to Re-Open Deferred Deportation Requests
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency will start reopening pending cases of immigrants who applied for deportation relief. The announcement came after USCIS said it would end deferment…
End of Deferred Action
On August 7, 2019 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stopped accepting and adjudicating requests for non-military “deferred action,” a form of temporary relief from deportation for vulnerable immigrants often…
A Difficult August: Deferred Action and Public Charge Updates
Later this week, I’ll talk about some positive things that happened for our clients, but I wanted to share some updates to US immigration policy that came out this month…