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In early October of this year, without much attention or news coverage, the acting head of ICE signaled to employees that once mandatory training is completed by October 16, agents may begin exercising their duties under the expanded expedited removal guidelines. This...
Continuing its assault on asylum, the Trump Administration has proposed new regulations that would further restrict an individual's eligibility to file for asylum. Under the proposed rule, the regulations would create an additional seven categories that would bar a...
Driver licenses for undocumented immigrants in New Jersey has always languished in the New Jersey legislature, but with a new Governor receptive to the idea, there are some new bills that appear to be gaining traction. Ironically, the impetus is New Jersey's need to...
On November 29, 2018, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal drew a proverbial line in the sand by issuing a new directive that clearly demarcates criminal law enforcement from federal civil law compliance. Under Directive 2018-6, which supersedes Attorney General...
Earlier last month, we wrote about USCIS implementing the new Notice to Appear Policy Memorandum released on June 28 of this year. According to a bulletin released late last week, the second phase of expansion is scheduled to take place November 19, 2018. On and after...
On September 22, the Department of Homeland Security promulgated new rules regarding the public charge ground of inadmissibility that may have a tremendous impact on immigrants who have accepted public benefits. Under our immigration law, most applicants for permanent...
Last Friday, USCIS quietly released another policy memorandum that sharply reverses previous agency guidance on the issuance of Requests for Evidence (RFE). Numbered PM-602-0163, the update is yet another demarche in realizing the Administration's "zero tolerance" on...
On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court issued an extremely important decision with potentially large-scale ramifications for thousands of people in removal proceedings. In Pereira v. Sessions, the Court held that the stop-rule governing continuous presence for...
Last week, we alerted our readers about a forthcoming USCIS policy change for foreign students. Under the new guidelines, scheduled to take effect August 9, 2018, unlawful presence will begin to accrue immediately under a series of triggering events. For more...
Now that we know who the next President will be, the immigrant community's attention has turned largely to what will happen in President-elect Trump's first 100 days in office. There is a lot of widespread fear and apprehension, and understandably so, but whether...