Florida Legal Blog
Important decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, particularly for certain noncitizens from Colombia
On October 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit published the decision Hincapie-Zapata v. U.S. Att’y Gen. In this decision, the Eleventh Circuit held that providing “funds” such as money to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas...
4 ways to get a green card
Before an immigrant to the United States can seek American citizenship, he or she has to obtain a green card. This allows someone to live in the U.S. permanently and work legally. There is an application process involved in obtaining a green card. There are different...
3 things most people do not know about serious injuries
Like most of your neighbors, you have never suffered a serious injury. If you have not watched a friend or family member deal with a life-changing injury, you may also not understand the consequences of sustaining one. While everyone’s injury experience is a bit...
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) publishes decision favorable to noncitizens with criminal convictions throughout the United States
Oct. 10, 2020 This BIA recently published a favorable decision that impacts nearly all noncitizens placed in immigration court removal proceedings with criminal convictions. In Matter of Voss, 28 I&N Dec. 107 (BIA 2020), the BIA held “if a criminal conviction was...
The potentially dangerous role of heuristics in healthcare
You may have a great deal of confidence in your doctor's ability to correctly diagnose your medical ailments. Yet diagnostic errors remain one of the biggest problems plaguing America's healthcare industry. Many of those who suffered due to a misdiagnosis have come...
How your relationships can change after a serious injury
A devastating accident can change your life. If a semi-truck hit your car or your vehicle flipped over a guardrail after hydroplaning, you might be lucky to be alive. Yet the reality of adjusting to life after a serious accident injury isn’t always easy. Accident...
Know the symptoms of kidney disease
Kidney disease can be difficult for doctors to diagnose. In the early stages, this condition has vague symptoms that patients and doctors mistake for other complaints. Left untreated, however, a person who has kidney disease may eventually develop end-stage kidney...
Important decision issued for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, including TPS holders from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
On September 14, 2020 in Ramos et al. v. Wolf et al., a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction issued in the Northern District of California, barring implementation of DHS’s decisions to terminate the Temporary...
The Codification of Anti-Immigration
Since the Trump administration took power in 2017, the transformation of immigration law has been dramatic and shocking. The current pandemic has only accelerated the radical, if not disfiguring, alterations when it comes to asylum, relief in deportation proceedings,...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit publishes helpful legal standard for asylum seekers and immigration clients living in California, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Marina Islands!
KKTP has always been a nationwide law firm, and in August 2020, opened its Southern California office based in San Diego, California! If you or someone you know has an immigration issue in California (or anywhere else in the U.S. or abroad), please contact our firm...
