Navegar por los entresijos de la ley de inmigración en Estados Unidos puede ser un proceso laberíntico para muchos extranjeros o aliens, el término legal utilizado para los no ciudadanos dentro de la ley de inmigración y nacionalidad estadounidense. El procedimiento de salida voluntaria, en particular, presenta una opción compleja para aquellos que se enfrentan o ya están en proceso de expulsión. Comprender las consecuencias de...Seguir leyendo

Cuando un extranjero beneficiario está en vías de obtener la residencia permanente en los Estados Unidos, el fallecimiento del ciudadano estadounidense o residente permanente peticionario puede arrojar una sombra de incertidumbre sobre la capacidad del beneficiario para obtener la residencia permanente y el estatuto de inmigrante. Este acontecimiento crítico plantea numerosas preguntas e inquietudes sobre la...Seguir leyendo

Despite New York’s status as a sanctuary state for immigrants and assurances by the New York State court system, evidence shows that clerks and officers of these courts have cooperated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to facilitate the arrest and detention of immigrants in court for matters unrelated to their immigration status. According to...Seguir leyendo

As the government shutdown continues to drag on, thousands of immigration hearings have been cancelled or postponed. Figures released on January 11, 2019, indicate that more than 40,000 hearings have been delayed as a result of the shutdown. This has left many immigrants in limbo and has added even more to the existing backlog of...Seguir leyendo

In a ruling that can greatly assist New York asylum seekers, a Federal Court imposed a nationwide injunction stopping Justice Department policies making it harder for immigrants to claim political asylum because of domestic violence or gang violence. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan found that the new policies which had the effect of impeding...Seguir leyendo

Federal Court rules that mandatory detention violated due process of the asylum seeker in severe rebuke to the government’s policies The Trump administration’s efforts to apply harsh treatment to valid applicants for political asylum are being tempered by the Federal courts. In a recent decision relating to an asylum applicant who had been detained for...Seguir leyendo

the Mayor of the City of New York has intervened by instituting a program to start in December, 2014 to grant a New York immigrant I.D. to all New Yorkers over the age of 14 regardless of their immigration status. The State and City I.D’s should be issued in December which will provide a beacon...Seguir leyendo

Permanent residence through employment – a great option! It is a terrific time to file for permanent residence if you have skills and a work-related background that is unavailable in the U.S. job market. The wait times recently have significantly decreased for nationals of most countries, so now is the time to consider such action....Seguir leyendo

Rising unauthorized numbers of children are trying to enter the U.S. border through Mexico, some with their parents or close family members, some helped by coyotes and some just coming alone. The stampede to the U.S. is first and foremost the result of terrorism south of the border: Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Salvador. These children...Seguir leyendo

In March, 2013 by executive order President Barack Obama permitted undocumented foreign nationals with qualifying relatives to apply for waivers while in the United States. This order helped those undocumented aliens who entered the US unlawfully to regularize if they have qualifying immediate family members who will suffer hardship. The President’s purpose was to avoid...Seguir leyendo