David Isaacson, Oct. 7, 2019 "Under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1401(c) , a child born outside the United States is a citizen when born “of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States... Read More
David Isaacson, Aug. 20, 2019 “An Act of Cruel Injustice”: If the Trump Administration is Relying on Grudging Court Acceptance of Cruel Results as Support for the New Public Charge Rule, What Does That Say About the Rule? ... Read More
David Isaacson, May 7, 2019 "In 2011, I wrote an article on our firm’s website about how then-recent case law could provide an opportunity for some returning nonimmigrants to challenge, in federal court, the government’s efforts to... Read More
David Isaacson, Feb. 12, 2019 "In late January, Oregon comedian Mohanad Elshieky was briefly detained by the Border Patrol while traveling on a Greyhound bus in Spokane, Washington. He recounted the incident on Twitter , and it was also reported... Read More
David Isaacson, Aug. 21, 2018 - "For many years, the policy guidance of the Department of State (DOS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration S ervices (USCIS) has required that a child show a biological relationship with a U.S. citizen parent in order... Read More
David Isaacson, Jan. 17, 2018 - "With the recent announcement that the Trump Administration will terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 200,000 citizens of El Salvador effective September 2019 after previously terminating TPS for... Read More
David Isaacson, Oct. 10, 2017 - "Following the Trump Administration’s decision in September to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program , President Trump suggested in a Tweet that Congress should “legalize DACA”... Read More
What is the law governing the arrival of citizens, green card holders, and foreigners with tourist or student visas, who might - or might not - have communicable diseases? Cyrus D. Mehta and David A. Isaacson answer those questions . It's more interesting... Read More
David Isaacson, Sept. 26, 2016 - "On July 29, 2016, USCIS published in the Federal Register the final version of a previously-proposed rule expanding the provisional waiver program. The new rule, Expansion of Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers... Read More
David A. Isaacson, Dec. 23, 2015 - " Section 203 of Division O of the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 , which funds the U.S. government for the remainder of the current 2016 fiscal year (through September 2016), also adds new... Read More
David Isaacson, June 28, 2016 - " On Thursday, June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions of significance to immigration law: a 4-4 affirmance without opinion in United States v. Texas , and a 5-3 decision in Mathis v. United States . The... Read More
"One year ago, a previous post on this blog by Cyrus Mehta and this author discussed the issuance by USCIS of a proposed rule allowing certain applicants for a waiver of the 3- or 10-year bars to obtain such a waiver on a provisional basis before... Read More
"Cuellar de Osorio does contain some seeds of hope for better outcomes in the future. ... [A] majority of the Court agrees that the meaning of §1153(h)(3) is an ambiguity subject to Chevron deference, rather than suggesting, as the Second Circuit... Read More
Cyrus D. Mehta & David A. Isaacson, Mar. 1, 2016 - "It would also be highly desirable for beneficiaries of such approved I-140 petitions to exercise job portability, and not be required to re-start the labor certification process through a new... Read More
"In its decision earlier this month in the case of Vera v. Attorney General of the U.S ., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a woman who had entered the United States at the age of 12 under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP... Read More