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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 ...

When You Know You’re Right

Thirteen months ago, I met Christina. Christina is a lively, colorful 70-year old woman from Mexico. She’s lived in the ...

The Power of Advocacy

For those of you in Georgia, you’ve probably heard about Senate Bill 404. What this bill proposed to do was to ...

Let’s Make a Deal

Picture yourself in this situation: You’re a man from Mexico who has lived in the United States for 12 years. ...

ICE Isn’t Always the Enemy

There’s an ice storm in Atlanta today and I thought it was appropriate to write about ICE, the U.S. Immigration and ...