Visa Bulletin for June 2024 Notes D, E, F: D. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE EMPLOYMENT-BASED SECOND (EB-2) PREFERENCE CATEGORY High demand in the Employment Second category will most likely necessitate...
Lexis+ subscribers, here are some new items you will find when searching in the Immigration Law sections: EOIR SOURCES >> Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual thru January 2024 ...
Suate-Orellana v. Garland "Although the IJ and BIA addressed her argument that her NTA was deficient on the merits, the legal landscape has changed significantly since the BIA’s decision dismissing...
From the NY AILA Chapter: "With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Allen E. Kaye, a distinguished figure in the field of immigration law. Allen was a nationally recognized immigration lawyer...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/08/2024 "This final rule makes several clarifications and updates the definitions currently used to determine whether a consumer...
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!"