Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S....
USCIS, Dec. 8, 2023 "The employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be higher than was typical before the pandemic, though lower than in FY 2021-2023. We are dedicated to...
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge was poised Friday to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively...
In an unpublished decision dated Dec. 4, 2023 a panel of the Ninth Circuit remanded for a new hearing. The facts are stunning...unless you practice immigration law: "Because Lead Petitioner credibly...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/07/2023 "The Department of State (“Department”) is amending its regulation governing immigrant visas by removing...
Prof. Geoffrey A. Hoffman writes: "This case [Matter of X-, June 12, 2017, unpub.] is significant because the respondent had been deported about 9 years ago unfairly as an alleged aggravated felon due to minor controlled substance convictions. Two years after his removal, in 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder that the respondent's convictions were not a proper basis for a deportation based on an aggravated felony. The motion to reopen was granted because the respondent was able to show misadvice from prior attorneys and argued equitable tolling, as well as the fact that the immigration judge had been inclined to grant cancellation in the exercise of discretion but for the (now erroneous) aggravated felony determination. A supreme effort by The Modi Law Firm!"