Immigration

Asylum Rejections Record-High in 2018 Amid Immigration Crackdown Immigration courts denied an astounding 65% of asylum applications in 2018, according to a recent report by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).  This denial rate is the highest since 2001. Asylum Caseload has Skyrocketed in 2018. TRAC reported 42,224 asylum cases that were decided by […]

International Students Thrive and Live the American Dream as Innovators Despite Anti-Immigrant Government International students are founding America’s most exciting and innovative startups. Unfortunately, Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda may be hurting such entrepreneurship. How do international students contribute to the U.S. economy? According to a recent study, nearly one in four U.S. billion-dollar startups had a

Harsh Immigration Policy Overlooks Country’s Need for Doctors Restrictive immigration policy under the Trump administration has little regard for the shortage of doctors in the United States.  Worse still, it may be exacerbating the desperate need for physicians in primary and specialty care in many underserved areas.   How Bad is the Need for Doctors?

Spanish Embassy Hosts Attorney Karen Weinstock On October 18, 2018, our Managing Attorney Karen Weinstock presented on a number of immigration issues at the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C.. In attendance were business representatives, embassy staff and the embassy’s immigration services unit. It was a packed but extremely productive day for Karen. We make it our mission

Undocumented Immigrant Children in America More than 200 undocumented immigrant children remain in U.S. custody today, separated from their families. The overwhelming majority of these children face a grim and uncertain future in ICE facilities. (SOURCE: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/more-than-200-children-from-separated-immigrant-families-remain-in-us-custody) Of the 245 children in custody, 175 have parents who have been removed from the United States. Only 18

Federal Judge Resists Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in TPS Ruling A federal judge in San Francisco blocked the government’s plan to end temporary protection for immigrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Sudan.  The judge issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS) from those four countries. What is

Immigrants Pressured to Choose between Immigration & Public Benefits Immigrants to the U.S. are feeling obligated to remove themselves from public benefits such as childcare subsidy and food stamp program.  This pressure came from a recent proposal by the Trump administration to tighten the ‘public charge’ rule that disfavors claimants of public benefits while adjudicating

Watch Out for Immigration Scams Immigration Scams Alert: even a victim can face deportation While the government tightens control on immigration, heartless fraudsters are preying upon vulnerable immigrants who are anxious about the uncertainty of their status.  Not only could victims lose thousands of dollars to these immigration scams, worse still, they could run afoul

Immigration Courts Under Attack by Jeff Sessions and DOJ Judicial Independence in Immigration Courts are Besieged by Jeff Sessions and DOJ. Tearing families apart isn’t the only way in which Attorney General Jeff Sessions attacks the American immigration system.  Since taking office, Sessions and the Justice Department have been interfering with judicial independence in immigration

USCIS Puts More Obstacles on Legal Immigration USCIS Imposes Even Higher Hurdles for Legal Immigration with New Guidance The government issued new guidance on RFEs and NOIDs and made it easier for adjudicators to deny a request for immigration benefit on July 13, 2018.  The new instructions will take effect next Monday, September 11, 2018.