If your spouse has an L-1 visa, you probably entered the U.S. in L-2 status. Now that you have acclimated to living in the U.S. you may be thinking about applying for a job. Fortunately, by virtue of having L-2 status, you likely have employment authorization. Unlike...
The Fifth Circuit gifts immigrants everywhere a potential way to reopen their in absentia orders of removal!
On September 27, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – which covers many of the Southern Border states, published Rodriguez v. Garland, No. 20-60008 (5th Cir. Sept. 27, 2021). Rodriguez is a very important case. In Rodriguez, the Fifth Circuit...
The Supreme Court speaks! – Niz-Chavez v. Garland, and what to do now
On April 29, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Niz-Chavez v. Garland, No. 19-863 (U.S. Apr. 29, 2021). In Niz-Chavez, Justices Gorsuch and Barrett joined the Court’s historically “liberal” wing to rule in favor of Mr. Niz-Chavez, finding that he remained...
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals explains what an asylum-seeker must show (and need not show) in order to obtain asylum in the United States
On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which has authority over immigration cases in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming, issued a very favorable decision for asylum seekers: Addo v. Barr, No. 18-9560 (10th Cir....
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rules that noncitizens in immigration court are bound by the statements of their attorneys
On December 11, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals – the federal appeals court that covers Florida, Georgia, and Alabama – published the decision Dos Santos v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 19-12383 (11th Cir. Dec. 11, 2020). In the Dos Santos decision, the Eleventh...
Two recent published immigration cases highlight the importance of expert testimony in removal proceedings
Expert testimony may make all the difference in an asylum case. Knowing how to present expert testimony - and what is required to qualify an expert in court - is therefore one of the most important things an immigration attorney must do during removal proceedings. On...
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...
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...
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...
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!
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