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President Biden ran on a platform of policies that were generally diametrically opposed to our past president. This includes immigration. A hot button issue for Americans on both sides of the aisle. But like many issues from the past administration there is a lot of...

On April 22nd, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order to place a temporary suspension on immigration to the U.S. due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Quoted from one of his daily White House briefings, Trump said, “It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off...

On Feb 22nd, six more countries were slated to join President Tump’s U.S. travel ban: Sudan Tanzania Eritrea Myanmar Kyrgyzstan Nigeria It should come as no surprise, too, that each of these countries has a considerable Muslim population, which further aims to...

This is not a trick question. I heard this from immigration officials twice in one day last week. First in the morning at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service during a green card interview. Then in the afternoon during an Immigration Court hearing. Both times it...

An undocumented retiree of 65 years old recently visited my office. He had worked his entire adult life in the United States. When he first arrived here he applied for political asylum and was given a work permit and valid social security number. Unfortunately his...

Last week I had a final hearing on an asylum claim for a client from Guatemala. He entered the United States in 2011 and had been waiting eight years for his claim to be heard. Some on the Right would say this is ridiculous however keep in mind that his wife and child...

The Trump administration has drastically increased our nation’s efforts to strip folks of their citizenship. In the past denaturalization was limited to war criminals and human rights violators. Now we’re going after Latino grandmothers for making an error on their...

Much happened in immigration law during 2018. It has become a very hot topic in a world struggling with globalization. The most egregious behavior by the current administration was their willingness to separate children from their parents at our southern border. This,...

Last Friday I went to Tijuana to work with the migrants who are part of the “caravan.” We left Los Angeles at 5 am and arrived in San Ysidro about 7:30 am. We parked and walked across the El Chaparral pedestrian bridge to Tijuana. It was very quiet with a handful...