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  • A Green Card Won't Stop Your Deportation

    While the nation is focused on the confinement of immigrant children, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is furtively updating its immigration policies. The USCIS is an agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and is responsible for processing immigrant applications, petitions, and benefits. As of July 2018, the USCIS released statements announcing new policies ...
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  • What Does an Immigration Law Attorney Do?

    Some people may think an immigration lawyer is only necessary if they’re dealing with a serious legal dispute, but immigration attorneys can actually help with a variety of issues concerning immigration law. Immigration refers to the act of leaving one country to live in another, either on a temporary or permanent basis. Immigration law handles anything regarding immigration, from becoming a U.S. ...
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  • US Citizenship & Immigration Services Changes Mission Statement

    The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency in charge of immigration services in the country, has recently updated its mission statement. The most notable of these updates is the removal of the phrase “nation of immigrants.” Rather, the agency’s new mission statement focusses on "safeguarding its integrity" and "securing the homeland." According to one USCIS official, “The ...
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  • How Will the Ending of DACA Affect Me?

    Nearly 800,000 Dreamers, young adults who benefitted from the DACA program, will be affected by the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA--also known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. For those who were brought to the United States as children and never became legal citizens, DACA has allowed them to live, work, and stay in the United States without fear of deportation. ...
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  • What You Need to Know Before a Visit from ICE

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are at your door. They may be searching for you, someone you live with, a coworker, or they may have the wrong place. Regardless of the situation, it’s important that you are aware of your rights. This is what you need to know before a visit from ICE: If agents knock on the door, keep it closed and ask them what they are there for. If you open ...
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  • Immigration Policy Promises Looking Bleak

    The campaign promises of the current president were mostly based on immigration policy. The current president promised the American people he would deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States. He also pledged to crack down on the immigration of potential terrorists, passing two Executive Orders (EO) that have since been challenged in court for being unconstitutional. Part of ...
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  • Congress Cracking Down on H-1B Abuse

    H-1B visas are nonimmigrant visas that allow U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations temporarily. Employers who use them say the visas are crucial because they allow workers outside the country to fill skill gaps in the U.S. workforce. In 2016, the demand for the visas was also 3 times higher than the annual limit of 85,000. However, critics of the visas believe outsourcing ...
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  • Refund of Immigration Bond

    Step 1 : Collect the original bond receipt, which was completed on Form I-305 and a copy of the bond contract, which was completed on Form I-352 . Step 2 : ICE will notify the Debt Management Center (DMC) of the immigration bond’s cancellation. Step 3 : DMC will issue a Notice of Immigration Bond Cancellation on Form I-391 to Obligor. Step 4 : Mail Form I-391 , Form I-305 , and Form I-352 to the ...
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  • Trump Administration Plans to Increase Deportations, Could Face Resistance

    Blog: As part of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, which centered on “Mak[ing] America Great Again,” there were numerous promises to keep unwelcome visitors at the borders, and to push undocumented residents across them again. While the Trump Administration’s controversial travel ban has been blocked by a federal court for now, the plan to remove undocumented immigrants seems to be moving ...
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  • How the H-1B Petition System Has Changed & Could Change Again

    An H-1B visa allows someone to enter the United States from a foreign country in order to complete temporary and specialized employment. While this concept seems pretty simple upfront, the H-1B visa program and system has been under criticism for years and for numerous reasons. Recently approved orders and bills currently being drafted may effectively turn how the United States Citizenship and ...
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  • Florida Soccer Team Attracting Investments Through Green Card Program

    A Florida soccer team has adopted an unusual strategy to raise money for its new stadium that at the same time is helping foreign investors to obtain green cards. In its quest to build a new stadium in Parramore, the Orlando City SC is taking advantage of the Employment-Based Immigration Investor Program, better known as EB-5. Under this program, foreign nationals who invest $500,000 or more in a ...
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  • Criminal Charges that Could Lead to Deportation

    The recent influx of young migrants to Florida and other states, particularly those with large Mexican and Central American communities, has ignited considerable debate about how the U.S. handles its immigrant populations. The desire to bring immigrants into the full range of systems in the country, among them the legal, health care, work and school systems, has served to highlight the possible ...
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  • Immigration Protection for Battered Spouses

    Michael Dunn was tried this year for shooting into a car of boisterous teenagers in Jacksonville, Florida, and killing a 17-year-old boy, Jordan Davis. The case drew national attention because he used the stand your ground defense, a repeat of recent cases in which a white man claimed self-defense in the shooting of an unarmed black teen. The investigation into Mr. Dunn revealed a horrific past of ...
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  • Parole in Place Policy for Military Service Members and Their Families

    Many armed service members leave spouses, children and parents behind when they are stationed overseas. While fighting for our country, military personnel still worry about their loved ones’ well-being back home. For a spouse, parent or child of an illegal immigrant, general concern is often compounded by the fear that family members will be deported, with the service member stuck in a foreign ...
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  • Traveling Abroad as a Green Card Holder

    Lawful permanent residency — or a Green Card — represents the most extensive rights a person can attain short of U.S. citizenship. However, it is not without limits. Green Card holders, especially those who ultimately hope to attain citizenship, need to exercise some caution when traveling abroad for any extended period. Although lawful permanent residents (LPRs) have fairly unrestricted travel ...
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  • Applying for a United States Visa

    Receiving the long-awaited approval of a petition for a non-immigrant or immigrant visa is not the end of the immigration process. Rather, it is the start of the follow-up process of applying for the visa - before foreign national applicants can actually travel to the United States, they need to get their visa. In fact, the consular officer who reviews the visa application at the United States ...
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  • Beware of Green Card Lottery Scams

    Since 1995, the U.S. government has offered 55,000 immigrants the chance to get a green card through an international lottery. The Diversity Immigration Visa program decides each year which countries have the lowest immigration rates and opens up the lottery to those who want U.S. permanent residence visas. Millions of people apply — indeed, there were more than eight million applicants in 2012 — ...
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  • Signs of Movement in Congress's Immigration Deadlock

    While occupying a prominent place in national news, real movement on immigration reform in Congress has been sparse. The DREAM Act has languished now in legislative limbo for years, and further efforts at comprehensive immigration reform providing a path to citizenship for certain undocumented aliens have seemingly been dead on arrival. However, recent statements by Republican leadership in the ...
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  • Getting Married in the United States

    If you are a U.S. citizen who met the love of your life while traveling abroad, you may be confused about what you must do to begin your new life in the United States with your fiancé or fiancée. Fortunately, this is a common problem, and there is a set process by which your prospective spouse can gain entry, residence and ultimately citizenship in the United States. What’s more, this program can ...
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  • Can You Extend Your Stay With a B Visa?

    If you are visiting the United States on a B-1 or B-2 visa, you may be offered the chance to stay on a bit longer. Because these visas are issued on a temporary basis, you cannot simply stay on without making legal arrangements to extend your stay. That said, there are options by which you may be able to extend your B visa to accommodate a longer stay in the U.S. You should file a request with ...
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