H-1B revocations and denials of H-1B extensions have increased significantly over the past year. Immigration attorneys credit the higher level of scrutiny to three main changes: The Buy American and Hire American Executive Order signed by President Trump in April 2017; An October 2017 USCIS memo overturning a George W. Bush administration policy instructing adjudicators […]
On June 4, 2019, the House of Representatives passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6). The bill would provide protection from deportation and a path to citizenship to over 2 million Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status as well as Deferred Enforced Departure recipients. The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association Associate Director of […]
On May 30, 2019, the White House released a statement from President Trump regarding emergency measures to address the border crisis with Mexico. To address the emergency at the Southern Border, President Trump invoked the authorities granted to him by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and created a plan to impose and gradually increase […]
On May 22, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement agreement with Stanislaus County, California in regards to immigration-related discrimination in the County’s delayed rehiring of a former deputy sheriff, a lawful permanent resident (“LPR”), based on the Deputy Sheriff’s citizenship status. The Immigrant and Employee Rights Section section of the […]
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision on May 22, 2019 to deny an Irish citizen’s petition for review of a final order of removal. O’Riordan v. Barr, 5/22/19. The Petitioner, Dylan O’Riordan, was admitted to the United States as a child through the Visa Waiver Program (“VWP”), then […]
An Ethiopian national had his U.S. citizenship revoked earlier this week and was sentenced to thirty-seven (37) months in prison for having fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship. Mergia Negussie Habteyes, 58, came to the United States in 1999 fteratelling a series of lies to U.S. immigration authorities. During his sworn naturalization interview, Habteyes falsely stated that […]
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-modernizing-immigration-system-stronger-america/ A few key highlights from President Trump’s May 16, 2019 address on immigration reform: “We’re here on this very beautiful spring day in the Rose Garden to unveil our plan to create a fair, modern, and lawful system of immigration for the United States. … Our plan achieves two critical goals. First, it stops illegal […]
Last night, President Donald Trump proposed sweeping changes to how the United States treats asylum-seekers in a memorandum for the Attorney General. The stated purpose of the memorandum is to “… strengthen asylum procedures to safeguard our system against rampant abuse of our asylum process.” The memorandum instructs the Attorney General and the Secretary of […]
It depends. Whether you must file a federal income tax return depends on whether you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, your gross income, your filing status, your age, and whether you are a dependent.[i] You are considered a resident alien for tax purposes if you were a lawful permanent resident of the United […]
To become a naturalized U.S. citizen, an applicant must generally be a permanent resident of the United States for a certain number of years. Additionally, applicants must meet all of the general eligibility requirements listed below: Be at least 18 years of age at the time of filing; Have lived within the state or USCIS district […]
