House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (both of Virginia) recently proposed a new bill, tentatively titled the KIDS Act, which aims to allow new options for undocumented children who entered this country illegally. Cantor and Goodlatte both see it as a necessary step in the “step-by-step approach the House is taking […]
Miller|Conway, Charleston Immigration Lawyers, report via the latest Immigration Court data provided by TRAC (current through the end of June 2012) the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filings for deportation orders is down this 2012 fiscal year. New deportation proceedings have been steadily falling since the 2009 Fiscal Year when ICE filed 255,238 […]
DHS will formally announce this morning that it will offer DEFERRED ACTION for DREAMers. Preliminary information indicates that eligible applicants must: (1) be 15-30 years old, and have entered the United States before age 16; (2) have been present in the U.S. for 5 years as of June 15, 2012; (3) have maintained continuous residence in the United […]
The Michigan Court of Appeals enforced the Affidavit of Support (I-864) obligations as part of a divorce proceeding in Greenleaf v. Greenleaf. See the opinion here: http://www.michbar.org/opinions/appeals/2011/092911/49856.pdf What does this mean for spouses supporting immigrant spouses? This means that a U.S. citizen spouse filing an I-864 Affidavit of Support on behalf of an immigrant spouse who has […]
The following link from the United States Department of Justice’s webpage provides an educational video informing employers how they can continue to employ valuable workers whose employment eligibility verification documents have been automatically extended from 3/9/12 until 9/9/12, pursuant to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans. http://www.justice.gov/crt/pressroom/videos.php?group=3%20 Miller|Conway, Charleston Immigration Lawyers headquartered in Goose Creek, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track if/when immigrants leave the United States. DHS will present this plan to Congress within “weeks,” a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday. An exit system to track who is leaving the country and when has been sought since […]
Miller|Conway found this article to be timely and interesting based on the recent uptick in immigration laws as well as the global phenomenon known as “Linsanity.” The following was written by David Leopold, past president of AILA and a former law professor of Miller|Conway partner, David P. Conway. The article was originally posted on Huffington Post. Jeremy Lin is an unlikely superstar. He received […]
On January 31, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) published an important decision on “administrative closure” decisions: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/intdec/vol25/3740.pdf In the Matter of Avetisyan a citizen of Armenia who entered the U.S. as a J-1 visa holder, was later placed in removal proceedings. During one of her hearings the respondent informed the immigration judge that she recently married a man who […]
via the New York Times (By Adam Nossiter; Published: August 25, 2008) In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory [im Mississippi] on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to Howard Industries Inc., which manufactures […]
Should you enter the United States without subjecting yourself to inspection at the border you may have heard that you can obtain a green card and remain in the United States by marrying a U.S. citizen. This is simply false. Depending on how long you have been in the United States without proper documentation/inspection you are likely […]