by Zulma Muñoz | Jun 18, 2020 | Employment Authorization, Immigration, Trump, USCIS
New DACA applications or parole? Possibly. Prior to today’s decision, DHS was processing DACA extensions, but not taking new applications or issuing DACA parole documents. Today’s Court decision should compel DHS to accept new applications and travel...
by Zulma Muñoz | Jun 18, 2020 | Deportation/removal Defense, Employment Authorization, Immigration, Trump, USCIS
DACA survives for now! This is a long decision with a lot to review, but the Supreme Court has blocked DHS from terminating DACA! The decision seems to leave a chance for DHS to perhaps end DACA through different processes, but they would at least need to restart and...
by Anita Mukherji | Apr 22, 2020 | Immigration, Residency, Trump
Today, Trump signed yet another anti-immigrant Presidential Proclamation (PP) called the Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak. The PP which is ostensibly to...
by Kas Shealy | Apr 8, 2020 | Immigration, USCIS
Below is relevant information for individuals who entered the United States with temporary permission who now cannot depart due to COVID-19. It is important to remember that COVID-19 policies are fluid and rapidly developing. Please note that the American Immigration...
by Anita Mukherji | Apr 8, 2020 | Asylum, Employment Authorization, Immigration, Naturalization, Residency, USCIS
With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to immigration agencies closing many of their physical offices and courts to the public, there are a lot of questions about what immigration applications can still be filed and how the closures will affect them. Firstly, to recap,...
by Anita Mukherji | Mar 24, 2020 | Asylum, Deportation/removal Defense, Firm News, Immigration, Pro Bono Work
Associate, Anita Mukherji, and Of Counsel, Anna von Herrmann, spent this past weekend volunteering for the Al Otro Lado Pro Se Asylum Clinic. The clinic was originally set to be done in person at Al Otro Lado’s office in Tijuana, Mexico, but, due to the COVID-19...
On behalf of Bean + Lloyd LLP | Dec 31, 2019 | Immigration
While it has not received much attention, a new law passed on December 20, 2019 provides Liberians who have been in the United States since November 20, 2014 new option to apply for residency. Titled the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, the new law allows...
On behalf of Bean + Lloyd LLP | Dec 19, 2019 | Immigration
USCIS has announced that it intends to raise fees for several applications. Many people interested in applying for immigration benefits should file soon. It is important to remember that the proposed fee increases have not yet been finalized and will not take effect...
by Bean + Lloyd LLP | Mar 7, 2019 | Asylum, Deportation/removal Defense, Firm News, Immigration
DHS recently announced an unprecedented new policy called the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”). The MPP is currently only being implemented in Tijuana, but will imminently be expanded to other cities on the U.S.-Mexico border. As we brace ourselves for...
by Bean + Lloyd LLP | Feb 22, 2018 | Firm News, Immigration
Exciting news for certain children whose parents petitioned them who are waiting for a visa to become available! On February 14, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals came down with an important decision in Rodriguez Tovar v. Sessions. The Ninth Circuit rejected...
