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Immigration Law

Recent Posts in Immigration Law Category

  • Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Immigration Reforms in $3.5T Spending Bill

    On September 20, 2021, the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, rejected Democrats’ effort to include immigration reforms that offered a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented individuals as part of their 10-year, $3.5 trillion spending bill. She said the proposed immigration reforms are considered major policy changes that cannot be approved through ...
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  • Where Are Afghanistan Refugees Going?

    Taliban Takeover & Afghan Refugees: What You Need to Know The Taliban has regained control of Afghanistan. As a result, thousands of Afghanistan citizens are fleeing for their lives out of fear that the Taliban will reimpose harsh conditions or retaliate against those who worked with the US. For over 40 years, Afghans have suffered conflict, natural disasters, chronic poverty, and most recently, ...
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  • DHS Limits ICE Arrests at Courthouses

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on April 27, 2021, that immigration arrests at courthouses will be more limited, which is another reversal of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that such arrests deterred people from attending court hearings and cooperating with law enforcement officials. According to the new policy under ...
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  • Federal Judge Forces DHS to Reinstate DACA

    Millions of immigrants are currently living in the United States without documentation. Many of these people, however, arrived with their parents when they were children, and the U.S. is the only home they know. In 2012, President Obama responded to this dilemma by creating a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Through DACA, certain undocumented immigrants can obtain two ...
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  • Two-Year Residence Requirement for J-1 Physicians

    As we discussed in our blog about J-1 visas , foreign physicians who come to the United States under an Exchange Visitor program have to meet a two-year home residence requirement. Immigrant physicians who want to eventually obtain permanent resident status in the U.S have to first spend at least two years working in the medical field in their country of nationality or the country of their last ...
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  • Attorney Luis Guerra Recertified as Expert in Immigration & Nationality Law

    Our legal team at Guerra Sáenz, PL is pleased to announce that attorney Luis Guerra has been awarded his recertification in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Board of Legal Specialization & Education (BLSE)! As a result of attorney Guerra’s continued pursuit of excellence and professionalism, the BLSE and the Supreme Court of Florida both acknowledge and bestow the distinction of having ...
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  • Public Charge Rule Injunctions Lifted by Appeals Court

    Several injunctions that were blocking the Trump administration from implementing its new public charge rule have been lifted by a federal appeals court. However, the three judges on the panel were divided in their decisions after voting 2-1 to stay preliminary injunctions issued by federal judges in Oakland, CA, and Spokane, WA. Two of the judges on the 9 th Circuit panel agreed that the Trump ...
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  • White House Announces New Health Insurance Requirements for Immigrants

    Recently, President Trump announced a new immigration policy requiring people who legally immigrated to the U.S. to demonstrate that they won’t be a burden for the country’s health care system. Immigrants would be required to get private health insurance within 30 days of arriving in America. If they cannot fulfill this requirement, immigrants must provide proof that they can self-insure their ...
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  • Supreme Court Denies Asylum to Central American Migrants

    Despite the Trump Administration’s aggressive anti-immigration policies, there has been a significant increase in the number of undocumented migrants attempting to enter the United States. As of August 2019, there have been 811,016 apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border, which is already 200,000 more people than 2017 combined. However, instead of developing new policies to improve the legal ...
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  • USCIS to Re-Open Requests to Defer Deportation

    Last month, the Trump Administration took steps to end a medical relief policy that allows undocumented migrants to stay in the United States while they receive life-saving treatments for serious medical conditions. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), deferred action is “a discretionary determination to defer a deportation of an individual as an act of prosecutorial ...
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  • How to Get a Visa If You're an Immigrant Sports Professional in the Equestrian Industry

    If you work in the equestrian industry as an athlete, trainer, or support personnel, there are a variety of options for visas , such as: O-1 Visa: For individuals of extraordinary ability or achievement. O-2 Visa: For essential support personnel for an O-1 visa holder. P-1 Visa: For both equestrian athletes and essential support personnel which provide services that cannot be readily performed by ...
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  • Seattle Federal Judge Protects Refugees from Indefinite Detention

    The right of asylum is a long-standing juridical concept and human rights matter. In accordance with the Refugee Act of 1980, foreign nationals -whether they are at the border or already in the United States – can apply for asylum and the right to permanently live in the United States. American law clearly defines a refugee as an individual who is unable to live in their home country due to ...
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  • ICE Plans to Raid 10 Cities

    In 2018, the Trump Administration deported over 256,000 immigrants and implemented several controversial policies to complicate the legal immigration process and prevent illegal border crossings. Just last week, President Trump terrified American immigrants by tweeting that ICE would start deporting “millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” prompting ...
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  • Trump Administration Sends Border-Crossers to Other States for Processing

    The Trump administration is now sending migrants who illegally cross the border to other cities for processing. The new move is an unprecedented step, and more than 3,000 immigrants are being transported each week from southern Texas and Arizona to other locations across the country. According to one U.S. Customs and Border Protection official with knowledge of the plan, border-crossers are being ...
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  • The Confidence Man: Understanding Trump’s Lies About Immigration

    There have been countless rumors and scandals surrounding the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s ostensible victory for the Republican party. Many journalists and political analysts claim that Trump’s shocking rise to power is invariably linked to his ability to spin a false claim and manipulate the national conversation. Fearmongering has played an integral role in American politics since well ...
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  • Trump Compares the So-Called “Border Crisis” to Disneyland

    A History of Fearmongering Richard Nixon, the maestro of fearmongering, once claimed that “People react to fear, not love.” During the 1968 presidential campaign, Nixon won the hearts of conservative voters by encouraging racial discrimination and boasting that America’s values and power structure were being threatened by a liberal agenda. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, fear has always been an ...
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  • President Trump Delivers Border Wall Ultimatum

    In the last few months, there has been a startling increase in the number of arrests made at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), over 76,000 migrants – including 7,000 unaccompanied children – were detained by border agents this last February. These arrests skyrocketed again in March, when ICE effectively detained or denied roughly 100,000 migrants at the ...
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  • John Kelly Weighs in On the Border Wall

    Kelly’s Conflict-Ridden White House Stint In 2017, John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, was selected as the 5 th United States Secretary of Homeland Security. During his 6-month tenure, Kelly became known as President Trump’s most notorious yes-man: he oversaw the travel ban that targeted Muslim countries; he promoted a reduction in refugee admissions; he targeted immigrants for ...
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  • Sec. Nielsen Saves Her Career While Harming Asylum Seekers

    Donald Trump’s presidency has been characterized by controversial immigration policies and an alarmingly high staff turnover rate. In fact, as of March 1, 2019, the turnover rate for senior-level members of the executive office rests at 65%, with West Wing officials anticipating future departures. In the last two years, disenchanted administration members have released countless publications ...
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  • Beto O’Rourke Declares “Walls Don’t Save Lives!”

    Since 2017, President Trump has enacted many controversial policies that have Democrats spinning in their office chairs. In fact, the president’s intolerant rhetoric and misleading accusations have even managed to spark discontent among his own party members. The Family Separation Policy and the president’s obstinate desire for a border wall have dropped his public approval rating below 40%, ...
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  • How to Become an Au Pair in the U.S. | Guerra Sáenz, PL

    How to Become an Au Pair What Is an Au Pair? An au pair is a young adult who stays with an American family for twelve months and provides live-in childcare in exchange for the opportunity to live in the United States. Au pairs usually work for a maximum of 10 hours per day and 45 hours per week and receive compensation for their labor in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Au pairs also ...
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  • Visas for International Medical Graduates

    Call (888) 936-3228 to Speak to an Immigration Lawyer in Coral Springs If you are an international medical graduate seeking entry into an American Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, you must obtain a visa that allows you to undergo clinical training to provide medical services. One visa may be more suitable for you, depending on your long-term goals and the nature of your ties in the United ...
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  • Trump’s Policies Are Targeting Legal Immigrants

    The Trump Administration has been enacting increasingly controversial policies in its efforts to limit the number of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers entering the United States. These fluctuating laws and regulations aren’t just targeting illegal migrants, but anyone who is trying to enter the country by legal means. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) claims that it’s ...
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  • President Trump Signs a Proclamation to Block Asylum Seekers

    Since 2016, the Trump Administration has been implementing increasingly controversial policies to limit the rights and protections previously awarded to both naturalized and undocumented immigrants. On November 9, 2018, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation that prevents immigrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for the sake of asylum. Any individuals or families ...
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  • The Government Admits it Lost Track of 1,500 Immigrant Children Who Were Separated from Their Parents

    A bipartisan group of senators released findings that show the Trump administration could not track down nearly 1,500 immigrant children for more than 3 months. The new findings mark the second time this year that the administration has been forced to admit it hasn’t fully accounted for undocumented children that have been released from government custody. The number of children that haven’t been ...
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