Recent Blog Posts
Federal Court Dismisses Arizona Sheriff’s Challenge to Obama Administration Immigration Policies
New York immigration attorneys Gladstein & Messinger discuss the federal court dismissal of Arizona Sheriff Joe’s lawsuit against DACA & DAPA executive orders.
Immigration Experts Weigh in on Whether “Anchor Babies” Are Truly Anchors
Republican presidential candidates have made immigration one of their most heavily-covered topics over recent weeks. Candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump has gained a great deal of attention for his newly-released plan to reform the immigration process, should he be elected, which would include the deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants and repeal… Read More »
U.S House Votes to Bar Funding to So-Called “Sanctuary” Cities
Between the looming presidential election and the tragic shooting death of a woman, allegedly by an illegal immigrant whom federal authorities had tried to detain, immigration has become a topic demanding a great deal of attention by national politicians. In what some believe is a response to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s strong anti-illegal immigration… Read More »
Provisional waivers to be expanded
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday some very important news. USCIS is proposing a rule that would expand the provisional waiver program (I-601A form) which allows foreign nationals to apply for unlawful presence waivers in the Unites States instead of at an oversees embassy. This is important as a provisional waiver removes the… Read More »
Supreme Court Case Finds No Right to Judicial Review of Visa Denial to Spouse of US Citizen
In a recent opinion, Kerry v. Din, United States Supreme Court has issued a decision on a case involving the right to have a visa denial reviewed in court for citizen spouses of denied applicants. In this case, Fauzia Din, a naturalized American citizen, had married Kaniska Berashk, a citizen of Afghanistan. Berashk submitted… Read More »
Court Halts Implementation of Executive Orders on Immigration
The United States’ Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a decision upholding the stay put in place by a lower District Court. This action, while not a decision on whether the Obama Administration acted illegally in creating the new immigration policies, puts a hold on the implementation of those policies until a decision… Read More »
DAPA is not dead
On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 millions of potential applicants were disappointed when the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal refused to lift an injunction preventing the government from starting the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability – DAPA program. DAPA was to have allowed parents of citizens or permanent residents to obtain deferred action, which means… Read More »
H-1B Visa Application Overload Results in Massive Lottery
A record number of applications for H-1B visas has resulted in a lottery for those slots, putting thousands of current visa-holders’ futures in jeopardy. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received approximately 233,000 applications but will hand out only 85,000 H-1B visas. H-1B visas are temporary visas applied for by an employer which allow… Read More »
Texas Judge’s Ruling Causes Halt in Deferred Action Expansion
Late last year, President Obama signed a series of executive orders expanding the Deferred Action for Children Act (DACA) to include more people (see New Immigration Laws Announced, posted November 21, 2014). The president’s executive action also included a new program of deferred action for parents (DAPA) of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents… Read More »
USCIS Issues Informational Fliers Regarding the President’s Executive Orders on Deferred Action
As you may be aware, on November 20th, President Obama signed executive orders to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and create a new program for Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, known as DAPA. The new guidelines for DACA are slated to go into effect on February 18th,… Read More »
