USCIS' New Citizenship Resource Center
The USCIS has added a new feature to its website, entitled the Citizenship Resource Center.I am impressed by this new service and I'll tell you why. Back in the 1970s when I served as an INS...
View ArticleNew BIA CSPA Decision
Being involved in a pending nationwide class action lawsuit regarding the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) tends to focus one's attention on the operation of this statute. I try to read every CSPA...
View ArticleUSCIS Should Follow BALCA on Posting Requirement
Can a Saturday or a Sunday be a "business day"? It depends on who you ask. The U.S. Department of Labor says yes, while the Department of Homeland Security thinks otherwise. What's an employer to...
View Article"New" EOIR Website: What's New Except the Design?
On October 20, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) rolled out its new website.The EOIR is composed of the (1) Immigration Courts; (2) Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the (3)...
View ArticleKeeping the DREAM Alive
Congress may vote on the DREAM Act as early as this week. Unless the DREAM Act passes in lame duck session, it is unlikely that the new conservative Congress will pass this important piece of...
View ArticlePersons in Removal Proceedings have Right to A-Files
On November 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit held, in Sazar Dent v. Holder, that a person in removal/deportation proceedings has a right to receive a copy of his administrative file.The...
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January 2011 Visa Bulletin: The Great Retrogression
It's been several years since the employment-based preference categories developed huge backlogs. However, no one was prepared for today's announcement from the State Department that most of the...
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Immigration Legislation: Outlook for 2011-2012
Immigration legislation in Congress ended on a sour note in 2010. The DREAM Act, after narrowly passing in the House of Representatives, failed to get the necessary 60 votes in the Senate required to...
View ArticleFebruary 2011 Visa Bulletin: Frozen in Time
For over 3.5 million persons waiting in line to become permanent residents of the United States, the February 2011 Visa Bulletin signals yet another month of frustration. The numbers seem to be frozen...
View Article55,000 Green Cards for Employment-Based Immigrants
Think that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress will never be able to agree about immigration policy? Better think again!When I started working as an immigration attorney, Jerry Ford was the...
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