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More Bad News on the USCIS Front: New Policy Memo Demands Perfection

Late last week, USCIS issued yet another policy memo that tells officers how they should perform their job. Late last month, officers ...

USCIS Gets Into the Deportation Business

Last week, USCIS issued a new policy memorandum instructing their officers when they should start the removal (“deportation”) process and issue Notices ...

Is All Hope Lost? No!

June was a crazy month in the world of immigration. From the Attorney General saying that domestic violence and gang violence ...

How to Advocate in Trying Times

It seems like hardly a day goes by without hearing about some new atrocity confronting immigrants and the immigration law ...

Administrative Closure – Why the Attorney General’s Decision is Horrible

Last week, the Attorney General released a decision saying that Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals do not have the ...

Good News Friday: I-751 Pending for Eight Years Approved

In this age of doom and gloom, it’s nice to be reminded of good things happening to good people. We ...

It’s Not You (Or Your Attorney), It’s Them: USCIS Processing Times Slow Significantly

Six months ago, we were telling clients that their work cards should be adjudicated within 3-4 months. Today, I’m telling ...

AILA’s Press Release on SB 452

Yesterday, I was quoted in a press release regarding Georgia Senate Bill 452. It’s a pretty awful piece of legislation ...

Marriage Fraud Not Fatal to U Status

Nearly three years ago, Paulina hired me to work on a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) on a U application. USCIS said ...