There’s been a lot of fear and panic in the immigrant community lately – and understandably so. For a few short paragraphs,  though, let’s talk about a positive development that happened earlier this week.  Then we have to return to reality with some shocking news out of Texas. First the good news… On February 14, […]
People ask me what I’m telling my clients right now. Below is EXACTLY what I’m telling them – it’s going out in an email tomorrow, as soon as the Spanish version is prepared. There have been a lot of changes to immigration policy over the past week and we anticipate that this is only the
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There are a lot of questions and not a lot of answers to the Executive Order issued on Friday, January 27th. What follows is not meant to be legal advice. I strongly encourage you to consult with a qualified immigration attorney if you have a specific issue you’d like to address. All processing of so-called “I
Wednesday, January 25, 2017, will go down as a dark day for our country. It is the day that religious minorities were singled out, that we turned our backs on people who need us the most, that you are guilty until proven innocent, and when the show became more important than substance. There will be
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If you filed an N-400 in the past four to six months, you probably had one of two things happen. You either had your case processed much faster than you imagined or your case seems to be moving at a glacially slow pace. If you’re in that second category, what happened? Did you do something wrong? Did
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It has been a rough couple of weeks, I won’t lie. The calls started immediately after the election results were in. There were potential clients saying that they’re worried that they or their loved ones will be deported because Donald Trump won the election; and there were calls from current clients wondering if their cases
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Less than six hours ago, Donald Trump became our President-Elect. I don’t know what the future holds for us as a country, let alone for specific immigration policy or reform, but I do know that a lot of people are scared. Let me share my initial thoughts on what this means, knowing that so much
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As October winds down, let’s take a moment to think about what the month means. While it can mean baseball and hayrack rides, for those of us who work with immigrant victims of violence, we also think about the new fiscal year and a new batch of 10,000 visas becoming available for our clients. October
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We knew that the fee increase was coming – they told us about it in May – but we didn’t know when. And now we know. On October 24th, the Federal Register (think of it as the government’s news agency), explained that the current fees collected do not cover the costs of the services that USCIS currently
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I was surprised to see that my last entry was all the way back on September 18th. I try to write every couple of weeks, but now it’s been nearly a month.  Is it because I’ve not had anything to write about? Hardly! While each of the topics below could be a post by themselves,
