Immigration law is a constantly changing legal field. Immigration lawyer Harlan York provides this blog so you can stay up to date on how legal trends affect immigration law cases.
Edward Schumacher-Matos on Social Security and illegals: By 2007, the Social Security trust fund had received a net benefit of somewhere between $120 billion and $240 billion from unauthorized immigrants, representing 5.4% to 10.7% of the trust fund’s total assets ($2.24 trillion) that year. Unauthorized immigrants paid a net contribution…
ICE is rapidly expanding its Secure Communities Project, a strategy that enables the government to identify any immigrant booked into custody by local law enforcement. Before this, an arrestee’s fingerprints were checked during the booking process for criminal history information only against the FBI database. Now, fingerprint information is checked…
As part of the Administration’s effort to remake the enforcement of immigration laws, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have aggressively stepped up various enforcement activities, including a 10 percent increase in deportations (400,000 people are expected to…
On August 6, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced the implementation of a $14 fee beginning September 8 for applications made through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). This fee affects all travelers visiting the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, which is available to nationals…
Immigration lawyers who read this post will know what we’re talking about. It’s a good story. Back in December 2000 (the 21st, to be exact), a law under §245(i) of the Immigration Act was passed. Without going to get into all the legal mumbo, basically this was the deal when…
Customers Flee Phoenix Out of Fear of Arizona Immigration Law Harlan York, Immigration Attorney serving clients in all fifty U.S. States. From Los Angeles Times Article Link: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/22/nation/la-na-immigration-phoenix-20100723 Reporting from Phoenix — Every time a customer buys some of the large fabric tote bags from the Dollar Store at 43rd…
USCIS has redesigned the permanent resident card, or “green card” to make it more secure, and began issuing the new card in green last month. While originally issued as a green colored card, hence its nickname, the card has long since been issued in white. The card (also known as…
For many who seek to immigrate to the US, and for others here who want to apply for a green card, grounds of inadmissibility can stand in their way. Inadmissibility based on minor crimes and other small violations can render a foreign national ineligible from entering the US, receiving a…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is eliminating the use of paper I-94W forms (“green” I-94s) for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers with an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) arriving in the United States at all airports by the end of this summer. VWP travelers are encouraged…
Nonimmigrant visa and border crossing card application processing fees are now $140 for most non-petition-based nonimmigrant visas (machine-readable visas or MRVs) and $14 for Border Crossing Cards (BCCs). The Department of State also established a new, higher fee for certain categories of petition-based nonimmigrant visas and treaty trader and investor…
From mmajunkie: “Former WEC champ Paulo Filho might need to send a thank you note to immigration officials. After Filho had trouble securing a work visa in time for Wednesday’s scheduled “super fight” with Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard at at Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, La., two-time UFC veteran…
Current H1B visa availability Harlan York, the #1 Immigration Attorney. Your best choice for an Immigration Attorney if you live in Bergen County, NJ (Hackensack and Garfield). As of last week, USCIS had received approximately 13,600 H1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap. Moreover, about 5800 petitions have been…
The Startup Visa Act for immigrant entrepreneurs. Harlan York, the #1 Immigration Attorney. # 1 Abogado de Inmigración. Recently, Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar proposed a new type of investor-based visa called the The Startup Visa Act, with the goal of creating jobs in the US and increasing…
With worksite enforcement a priority for ICE, employers need to take heed: even employers that have not been accused of knowingly employing undocumented workers can expect site visits and can be held liable for clerical violations and subject to steep civil fines. Well-intentioned employers often find inadvertent paperwork errors or…
The second tragic earthquake in Haiti reinforces how temporary protected status is a necessity for nationals of that devastated country. Temporary Protected Status is applicable when events such as political unrest (i.e., civil war) and disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc.) and other extraordinary conditions exist in a particular nation. Those…
NOTICE ON IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF PLEA BARGAINS www.ImmigrationLawNJ.com E VERY DAY, THOUSANDS OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMES THAT WILL RESULT IN THEIR DEPORTATION. WE CAN HELP. Many guilty pleas trigger deportation. Millions of clients with GREEN CARDS arrive as children. They’ve lived in the US for SO LONG…
TORTURE? She said “not our clients.” Lauren Anselowitz, Immigration Attorney. Harlan York and Associates. Your #1 Immigration Firm. Lauren won a couple of really big cases in the last few weeks. Two cases under the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): http://www.hrweb.org/legal/cat.html It’s an incredibly tough standard: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/press/09/AsylumWithholdingCATProtections.pdf You must show…
The Dream Act Been here since you’re a child? Wanna go to college or join the military? From Harlan York and Associates, the #1 Immigration Law Firm! You better have a green card, support the DREAM Act! http://dreamact.info/students From the site: The DREAM Act Over three million students graduate…
A woman came to see us today for consultation. Sixty-seven years old. She has lived here for more than TWO DECADES. On numerous occasions, the woman made efforts to file for her green card through sponsorship by employers. The applications fell apart due to one company going out of business…
“we will never fully secure our border until we create a lawful way for foreign workers to come here and support our economy . . . We must also find a sensible and humane way to deal with people here illegally. Illegal immigration is complicated, but it can be resolved…
Believe it or not, we are occasionally asked, “Why do people need Immigration Lawyers?” Well, here’s one example. A client who we assisted with his green card in 1996 returned to our office in 2007. He hired us to represent him in his naturalization case. Prior to green card approval,…
Today’s New York Times feature, “Perfectly Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship,” tells the tale of long time green card holders who attempted to be naturalized. Instead of being granted citizenship, these applicants were not just denied naturalization. Their green cards were taken away and they now face deportation….
