JUDGE ORDERS ICE TO FREE DETAINED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN BECAUSE OF COVID-19
Citing the unrelenting spread of the coronavirus, a federal judge last week ordered that all children currently held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for more than 20 days must be released by July 17. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of California issued the scathing order Friday afternoon, saying the Trump administration had failed […]
JOE BIDEN AND TRUMP SURROGATE DISCUSS RACE RELATIONS AT AN ASIAN AMERICAN TOWN HALL
Joe Biden and Eddie Baza Calvo offered strikingly different perspectives on the issues facing the AAPI community in the United States. Both campaigns addressed topics important to AAPI voters, including systemic racism, immigration and economic recovery. Vicky Nguyen from NBC News and Amna Nawaz of PBS moderated the forum hosted by nonprofit APIAVote and streamed […]
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Due to the Covid 19 epidemic, ICE has closed all of its field Offices. If you have a Final Order of Removal, or if you are subject to an Order of Supervision, this might be the time to explore the possibility of, for example, filing a motion to reopen your removal proceedings, or having a […]
VICTORY IN A BATTLE AGAINST INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
Nobody likes being taken advantages of by others. But unfortunately, when you are not an expert of laws, you might fall in the position of being provided with ineffective assistance of counsel. The story of a Chinese national, Ms. Zhen, makes such an example. In 2014, Ms. Zhen hired her former immigration attorney, Mr. Mah, […]
SUCCESS IN SMOOTHLY OBTAINING PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR A GAY I-601A WAIVER APPLICANT
Based on a recommendation from a friend, a Mexican man, Angel, and his U.S. citizen husband (an architect), David, came to see me at the end of 2016. Back in 2003, Angel crossed the U.S. Mexican border. He has worked steadily in New York City for almost 16 years. He files tax returns and pays […]
