Recent U.S. Immigration News

A recent ruling by U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions will have a profound effect on domestic violence victims and asylum petitions. Four years ago, a woman known in court filings only by her initials, A.B., fled her home country of El Salvador after more t…

In immigration matters, a Form I-862 Notice to Appear (NTA) signals the beginning of deportation or removal proceedings. The NTA, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), directs the recipient to appear at a certain date, time and lo…

On July 13, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy memorandum. Although this memorandum didn’t receive much attention in the news, given the other stories going on on the world stage that week,…

The news has been filled recently with commentary about the current administration’s immigration policy, including children being separated from their parents at the border and placed in makeshift housing. Proponents of the policy claim that th…

In recent days, many people have become alarmed at the news that children are being taken from their families at the border when their parent or parents are criminally charged with crossing the border illegally. Around the same time, news broke that…

Arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside courthouses showed a sharp increase in 2017. Naturally, this is a great cause for concern for undocumented immigrants who may already avoid contact with the legal system to avoid calling at…

A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals answered the question, “do children facing deportation have a right to a court-appointed lawyer?” Shockingly, the answer was “no.” In other words, the Court of Appeals de…

Human trafficking is getting more and more attention in the news and in other media these days, raising the awareness of people who thought that slavery was something that took place only in another time or a country far away. In reality, human traff…