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Reflections on DACA and Status Renewals

My youngest siblings are graduating from high school this week. I’ve been thinking about their futures – where they’ll go ...

Asylum in Atlanta: Affirmative vs. Defensive Applications

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice released numbers that show the approval and denial rates from Immigration Courts ...

Immigration Presentations

One of my favorite things to do is to educate the community about immigration options and immigrant rights – even ...

April is Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month

When someone is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, there are nearly no areas of that person’s life that ...

Lobbying for Immigration Reform

I’m writing to you from Washington, D.C. today. Every year, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) coordinates a National Day ...

USCIS Interview Waivers

When we talk about adjustment of status, we typically think about a newlywed couple where one spouse is a U.S. citizen ...

General Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation

The past few weeks, I’ve written about the unwaivable types of fraud – marriage fraud, asylum fraud, and false claims to U.S. ...

Marriage Fraud Not Welcomed Here

Not all marriage fraud is obvious. The classic example is when the foreign national offers U.S. citizen money in exchange ...

When Fraud Cannot be Waived

There are three types of fraud that the Immigration and Nationality Act takes very seriously – so seriously that if ...