DACA was slated to end on March 5, 2018, but the U.S. District Court recently issued an injunction to prevent DACA termination. Nearly 700,000 young immigrants who have no legal status in the U.S. benefit from DACA and have valid employment cards so they can work and attend college. The Trump administration announced on September
With some bipartisanship from Republicans and Democrats, the United States house with a democratic majority was able to pass the latest version of the DREAM Act, an ambitious effort to expand on a long-lived legislation effort that would place millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants on temporary status on a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Immigration Appeals Attorneys Do You Need an Attorney for Your Immigration Appeal? If you have a case and it is appealed to a higher court, you will need to secure the services of a skilled appellate lawyer to get help navigating the legal process. If your case is appealed to the Board of Immigration or
Self-proclaimed California immigration lawyer Yehlen Dorothea Brooks led 12 “clients” to fall for her empty promises that she would protect them from deportation. Despite making claims that she would help undocumented immigrants and collecting fees ranging from $3,000 to over $16,000, Brooks was not an actual attorney. She was never licensed to practice law and
Being deported from the United States can be a terrifying experience. Unfortunately, if you are an undocumented immigrant, you can be removed from the country even if your only crime was crossing the border without a visa. We all have read the stories about immigrants who came to the U.S. only to provide a better
Thursday, January. 18th, 2018 – The U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced anyone who currently has Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under El Salvador’s designation who want to maintain their status through the previously announced termination date of September 9th, 2019, MUST re-register between January. 18th, 2018, and March 19th, 2018. Information on re-registering and
On Monday, January 9, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced that the Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) designation for El Salvador would be terminated. This decision to end the designation was made in spite of substantial evidence documenting El Salvador’s problems with gang and gender-based violence, which have only worsened since the country first
