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Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Asylum Final Rule: Eff. Oct. 1, 2024
Here is the rule. Here is the Fact Sheet.
Daniel M. Kowalski
5 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS, DOJ Hope to Speed Up Immigration Court Docket
DHS, May 16, 2024 "Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced a new Recent Arrivals (RA) Docket process to more expeditiously resolve immigration cases of certain noncitizen single adults...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Providing Documents After Notice of Immigration Judge and BIA Decisions About Immigration Status
USCIS, May 4, 2023 "We now are affirmatively creating and providing documented evidence of their status to certain new asylees and lawful permanent residents upon our receiving notification that an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Asylum Work Permit Policies: Garcia Perez v. USCIS
NILA, NWIRP, June 9, 2022 "Today, five asylum applicants filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) challenging policies and practices that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Mounting Backlogs Undermine U.S. Immigration System and Impede Biden Policy Changes
Muzaffar Chishti and Julia Gelatt, MPI, Feb. 23, 2022 "The Biden administration is seeking to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, expanding protections to hundreds of thousands of immigrants and embarking on a plan to restructure the asylum process...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Threats from White Supremacists Close USCIS, Immigration Courts on Jan. 19-20
USCIS, Jan. 15, 2021 - "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced it will temporarily suspend in-person services at all field offices, asylum offices and application support centers on Jan. 19 and 20 to ensure the safety of our employees...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
EOIR/USCIS Security Bars Rule; Further Delay of Effective Date
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/28/2021 "On December 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, “the Departments”) published a final rule ...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Advance Copy of Proposed Rule: Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 08/20/2021. "The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (collectively, “the Departments”) are proposing to amend the regulations governing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Court Blocks "Monster" Asylum Rule: Pangea v. DHS
Pangea v. DHS "Defendants the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Pete Gaynor, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; Chad F. Wolf, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; the United...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Feds Propose Massive Changes to Asylum Regulations
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 115 / Monday, June 15, 2020 "The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (collectively, “the Departments”) propose to amend the regulations governing credible fear determinations so that individuals...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Asylum Rule Effective Today (Nov. 19, 2019)
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice;...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
A.G. Barr Seeks to Push BIA Final Rule over Finish Line
Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Bureau, Apr. 12, 2019 "Attorney General William Barr is making his first major moves on immigration policy since his confirmation, setting up big changes for the courts that decide whether immigrants...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
New Guidance to IJs and AOs pursuant to Grace v. Whitaker
Karen Musalo , Bank of America Foundation Chair in International Law and Professor & Director, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings College of the Law writes: "Following up on U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS, ICE Fingerprint Check Refresh Agreement (May 19, 2016)
ICE, May 19, 2016 - "The agreement establishes a process between ICE ERO and USCIS for the refresh (update) of fingerprint checks of non-detained respondents with cases pending before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) whose fingerprints...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ABT Settlement Agreement Teleconference, Nov. 21, 2013
Implementation of the ABT Settlement Agreement, Thursday, November 21, 2013, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern) "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) invite...