by Todd Becraft | Nov 8, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
What is asylum? Who qualifies and where did the concept originate? Modern asylum law in the United States came about after World War II and the persecution of the Jews in Europe. We never wanted to repeat the mistakes we made then ever again Today the asylum law...
by Todd Becraft | Oct 19, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
The question I often get from clients is “can I travel?” Usually they are inquiring about foreign travel and usually back to their home country. My attempt to lighten the moment is to respond – yes you can travel however you won’t be permitted to return to the...
by Todd Becraft | May 5, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
When Biden was running for president it was easy to take a humanitarian position against the vagaries of the last administration. However now that he’s in the hotseat he’s finding out how difficult the immigration quagmire is. There are desperate folks arriving at our...
by Todd Becraft | Apr 2, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
President Trump imposed a ban on certain employment-based immigration blaming the pandemic for that anti-immigrant maneuver. His “reasoning” was that because of the economic difficulties created by the covid lockdowns Americans would need the additional employment...
by Todd Becraft | Mar 22, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas stated last week that U.S. agents are likely to intercept more migrants on the southwest border in 2021 than they have in the last 20 years. This traffic is largely prompted by the election of Joe Biden as president....
by Todd Becraft | Mar 15, 2021 | IMMIGRATION LAW
DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is currently in place and accepting applications. The program was created by former president Obama in 2012 to assist folks who were brought to the United States as children. It’s serves as a bar to deportation and...