As one of his first official acts, Donald Trump delivered on a campaign promise to ban citizens of certain countries from gaining entry to the U.S. by his Presidential Proclamation 9645, titled “Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by T...
The visa waiver program is a security partnership program between the United States and a designated country. A country designated under the Visa Waiver Program allows citizens of that country to apply online for authorization to travel to the United States through the Electronic System for Trav...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Automatically Extends Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Six TPS-Designated Countries: AILA notes, that DHS is automatically extending the validity of certain EADs issued under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nica...
Today, as reported by AILA, USCIS Published Notice Extending Validity of TPS-Related Documentation for Six Countries. This notice came in the Federal Registration and stated that, in compliance with court orders issued as part of an ongoing litigation, DHS is automatically extending the validity...
On October 30, 2019 USCIS announced that it will allow Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) to be filed online. This will provide clients and attorneys the ability to track their case status online, pay the form fee online, communicate with USCIS through a secure inbox, and respond to Request...
AILA has reported the Trump Administration Extends TPS Work Permits for El Salvadorans Through January 2021 The announcement came yesterday, October 28, 2019. DHS (The Department of Homeland Security) announced that the Trump administration is extending validity of work permits for Salvadorians...
AILA has noted that an advanced copy of the Department of State's final rule to align their public charge standards with those of the Department of Homeland Security has been made available. The interim final rule will be published in the Federal Registrar on October 11, 2019 and will be effecti...
Department of State updated the visa reciprocity schedule for many countries. Effective October 7, 2019. Follow the link below for specific information and changes. https://www.aila.org/File/Related/19010875ao.pdf
Today, AILA filed a lawsuit to enjoin USCIS from moving forward with its plan to stop accepting certain forms related to the new public charge rule if postmarked on or after October 15, 2019, despite the fact that it has failed to publish necessary revised and new forms. The suit filed by AILA,...
By: Molly Kleinman Summer Intern The first weekend of August saw two horrific acts of violence. The first, a shooting in an El Paso mall, left 22 people dead and the second, which took place in Ohio, killed nine people. The El Paso shooting seems to have been motivated by whit...
Immigration and Public Charge By: Molly Z. Kleinman, Summer Intern Bolour Immigration Group "Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Anyone who listened to or watched the news recently, has undoubtedly heard those words. On Monday, August 12, the Tr...
By: Molly Kleinman Summer Intern When the economy is in trouble, as it often is, people want to find an easy answer. Often times, this comes at the expense of persecuted individuals, such as immigrants. But despite myths surrounding immigrants-both legal and illegal-they are actually a boon to...
Work Visa: L-1 visas are a specialized type of temporary work visa that allow a multinational company to transfer employees from their overseas Office to their company's affiliated office located within the United States. When considering an L visa, you should first ask yourself if yo...
Severe USCIS case processing delays are causing hardship for millions of individuals, families, and American businesses throughout the country. Among other impacts, such delays prolong the separation of families, make U.S. businesses less competitive, endanger vulnerable protection seekers, and s...
Wednesday, July 31, CNN will host the second night of the Second Democratic Debate. Below is a list of Wednesday's candidates as well as a brief overview of their immigration policies. Please note these lists are not comprehensive. More detailed information can be found on each candidates' respec...
Tuesday, July 30, CNN will host the first night of the Second Democratic Debate. Below is a list of Tuesday's candidates as well as a brief overview of their immigration policies. Please note these lists are not comprehensive. More detailed information can be found on each candidates' respective ...
The L-Visa is a nonimmigrant visa is a mechanism by which companies are able to provisionally move foreign employees, managers and exceptionally qualified executives to their U.S. based businesses. L-1 Visas are typically only valid for a short amount of time, ranging from 3 months to 5 years de...
BANKS PULLING OUT OF FOR-PROFIT IMMIGRATION DETENTION COMPANIES by: Molly Kleinman, Summer Intern Bolour Immigration Group On Monday, July 8, SunTrust Bank, an American bank holding company, announced they would stop funding private prisons and immigrant detention facilities...
When applying for a K-1 fiancé(e) visa, being gay can add undue hardship to the process. Generally speaking, to qualify for a K-1 visa, one partner must be a U.S. citizen, both parties legally free and intend to marry, and that the partners need to have met each other in person within the two yea...
On Sunday, June 30, 36 Jewish immigration activists out of an estimated 200 participants were arrested protesting outside an ICE detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. According to Democracy Now, the protest was organized by Never Again Action. It called for an immediate end to ICE raids, d...
Immigration and our southern border are in a state of crisis. Clint, Texas is a small town less than half the size of Downtown LA and not 20 miles from Ciudad Juárez. It is also the source of the biggest controversy to come from the U.S.-Mexico border since the announcement of Trump's child sep...
The AP reported yesterday on disastrous health conditions of detainees, with over 2,200 quarantined as cases of mumps increase. ICE confirms the 25 day quarantine began march 7, at facilities in Pine Prairie, Louisiana and Aurora, Colorado. ICE further confirms that 51 confirmed or probable case...
Immigration - Letter from Detention Center - Otay Mesa - By Kevin Ayala - Law Clerk 37 Migrants at Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center, a migrant center run by CCA signed a handwritten letter May 30, 2018 detailing their grievances with Otay Mesa and with thier experiences there. The...
Since business school and forever before that, I've been told, and do believe for the most part, that government regulations can be bad because they stifle competition, drag down industry, serve as a hidden tax, and are actually redundant since markets eventually self regulate. At the same time,...
Immigration continues to be a hot topic. At the same time, technological advancements have effectively turned the world into a village, where goods, services, and people travel seamlessly. Still the President of the United States and his Republican enablers are demanding a wall...to keep out "t...
