President Trump continues to threaten to shut down the Mexican border to combat the tide of refugees fleeing untenable conditions in their home countries. The Trump administration has also begun the process to cut off foreign aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala as a punitive measure for the migrant caravans that have been arriving...Read More
New York EB-5 Visa Lawyer The EB-5 visa is designed to allow immigrants to attain legal residency in the U.S. by investing anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million in a business to be conduced in this country. By extrapolating from the number of EB-5 visas approved from just one country, however, it is possible to...Read More
NYC Waiver Attorney Trump’s often-mentioned Muslim travel ban has had a chilling effect on the ability of individuals to come to the United States from a list of nations cited as security risks by the current administration. While North Korea and Venezuela are also included on this list, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Iran and Libya are...Read More
NYC Immigration Attorney On February 12, 2019, Brooklyn Defender Services, the Legal Aid Society and the Bronx Defenders filed a lawsuit to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from requiring video interviews as a substitute for face-to-face meetings in removal proceedings. The suit seeks an injunction against these practices by the New York Field Office...Read More
To get through a massive backlog of immigration cases, federal authorities in New York implemented a new high-tech “solution” last year, to speed up and increase the deportation of immigrants. Immigrants were forced to submit to video conferencing to “attend” their own immigration court proceedings. This “solution” allows them to appear before a judge in...Read More
