Lopez Orellana v. Garland "The question presented here is whether the Louisiana accessory-after-the-fact statute, LA.REV. STAT. § 14:25, is a categorical match for the generic federal offense...
USCIS, Sept. 18, 2024 "Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months...
Singh v. Garland "Petitioner Varinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks rescission of a removal order entered in absentia. We previously granted Singh’s petition because the government...
BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland "Petitioner Bessy Orbelina Castellanos-Ventura, a native and citizen of Honduras, seeks review of an April 19, 2021 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA...
In a Practice Alert to AILA members dated Mar. 25, 2022, AILA stated: "AILA has raised to DOS’s attention an apparent error in the April Visa Bulletin with regard to the EB-4 Certain Religious Worker final action date and Part E, where it lists EB-4 Certain Religious Workers as “Unavailable,” referencing that the program expired on March 11, 2022. On March 15, 2022, this program was extended through Sept 30, 2022 as part of the omnibus appropriations bill." ... In addition, AILA sent a letter to DOS on March 24, 2022 requesting that the agency amend the April 2022 Visa Bulletin to comply with the provisions of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, and for the National Visa Center and consular posts to begin processing cases in accordance with the provisions of the law that took effect at the time of enactment on March 15, 2022."