Under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States … are citizens of the United States.”[i] Citizenship by birth also includes persons born in certain territories under U.S. control, i.e., Puerto Rico.[ii] Although the United States is defined as “the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto […]
Yesterday, a man in Michigan was arrested by special agents with ICE for spray painting the words “F— ICE” on the ICE sign in front of its Mt. Elliot office. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. See: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/detroit-area-man-charged-defacing-ice-building
Most people in the following groups are eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace: U.S. citizens; U.S. nationals; and Lawfully present immigrants. “Lawfully present immigrants” includes immigrants with the following statuses: Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder) Asylee* Refugee Cuban/Haitian Entrant Paroled into the U.S. Conditional Entrant Granted before 1980 Battered Spouse, Child and […]
Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a news release regarding the guilty plea of a Chinese national to a “birth tourism” scheme. On September 17, 2019, Dongyuan Li (李冬媛), a Chinese national, pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for running an Orange County-based “birth tourism” business that catered to wealthy pregnant clients and […]
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The USCIS considers a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South American, or Central American origin to be “Hispanic or Latino.” The “Hispanic and Latino” category also includes people of other Spanish culture, regardless of race.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin K. McAleenan, announced his decision to extend the TPS designation for Syria for 18 months through March 31, 2021. There are approximately 7,000 Syrian TPS beneficiaries. Current beneficiaries of TPS under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through March 31, 2021, must re-register between Sept. 23 and […]
See: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-october-2019.html The Department of State (“DOS”) released the Visa Bulletin for October 2019. Within one week of the DOS’ publication of the Visa Bulletin, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) generally designates which of the two charts applicants must use to file an adjustment of status (“green card”) application. If USCIS determines that […]
A U.S. citizen may petition for their foreign national fiancé to obtain a K-1 nonimmigrant visa (“fiancé visa”) in order to travel to the United States to get married. U.S. immigration law requires that the U.S. citizen and their fiancé meet each other, in person, at least once within the 2-year period before filing for the K-1 visa. Additionally, the marriage between the U.S. citizen and foreign […]
The Department of State posted the Visa Bulletin for October 2019. As of September 18, 2019, the USCIS has not advised whether in October 2019, it will accept adjustment of status applications for family– or employment-based petitions based on filing dates, rather than final action dates. #immigration #immigrationlawyer #immigrationattorney #immigrationagency #boston #visabulletin #F2A #EB2 #EB3
