Legal Articles, Deportation
GOP Super Tuesday Roundup and the Imperative of Stopping Trump
With Super Tuesday in the books, 15 contests in the Republican Presidential Primaries have now been completed. I will discuss what has happened since I last wrote about the Republican nomination contest, what comes next, and the imperative of stopping Donald Trump from becoming the nominee.
Inadmissible Admission
In this article, we will review the rules for when an alien is admitted to the United States but was in fact inadmissible or otherwise ineligible for admission at the time of entry.
The Failure of the Immigration System for Dairy Farmers
I came across a terrific short documentary by Vice News that I would like to share with you and discuss. The documentary discusses the plight of dairy farmers in New York. As it highlights, working as low-wage labor on a dairy farm is hard and unglamorous work that very few Americans want to do.
Understanding Donald Trump Supporters
I recently came across a very interesting question on Quora: “What if on the first year of Trump presidency, he doesn’t deliver as he promised?” I provided a long and detailed answer on Quora, but I would like to expand on it here since this is a very interesting question.
The Legacy of a Great Jurist: Antonin Scalia (1936-2016)
On February 13, 2016, America lost one of the greatest legal minds in its history in Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. The national discourse quickly shifted to what will surely be the contentious process of selecting Justice Scalia’s replacement.
Early FY 2016 Statistics for Unaccompanied Alien Children Apprehended at the Border
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released statistics comparing the number of unaccompanied alien children crossing the southwest border in early FY 2016 to the same period in FY 2015. In this article,we examine the news in the article and reproduce its interesting charts for your convenience.
H2B Cap Count Through February 1, 2016
The H2B non-agricultural temporary worker program has a statutory cap of 66,000 H2B visas per fiscal year. 33,000 H2B visa numbers will be allocated to H2B workers who begin work in the first half of the fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Mar. 31) and the other 33,000 will be allocated to workers...
Presidential Primary Updates: A Dark Day in New Hampshire
Where the results of the Iowa Caucuses were promising, the results of the New Hampshire Primaries were significantly darker. In this post, I will review the results of the New Hampshire primaries and look forward to the voting in South Carolina and Nevada for the Republicans and the Democrats.
Waivers for Fraud or Misrepresentation
In this article, we will discuss in brief section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) inadmissibility and the limited waivers available in section 212(i).
AAO Processing Times Report for February 2016
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) has released its AAO processing times report for February of 2016. The AAO is the highest administrative review agency for immigration matters under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).