El “pequeño Marco” y sus menudos principios
Maribel Hastings

USCIS used to automatically stop the accrual of days on an asylum applicant's Employment Authorization Document (EAD) clock when the applicant filed a Form AR-11, Change of Address.

Over the past few days, many of you probably heard that the Obama Administration is launching a new round of immigration raidstargeting Central American women and children. The CARA Pro Bono Project staff have already begun to meet with families with final orders who were transferred to Dilley, Texas, over the past few days, and we will continue to monitor and report on the types of cases we see.

As Texas v. United States heads to the Supreme Court, the American Immigration Council is looking for sympathetic examples of DACA applications that have been denied solely for failure to establish that the applicant warrants a favorable exercise of discretion. Specifically, we are looking for sympathetic cases where the following checkbox on the template DACA denial is marked: "You have not established that you warrant a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion," and where the agency has

This week, SCOTUSblog is publishing a multi-part online symposium on United States v. Texas, a challenge by Texas and twenty-five other states to the Obama administration's deferred action initiatives.

Proving a Quilantan or “Waved Through” Entry

The USCIS Field Operations Liaison Committee is seeking examples of the types of documents requested and required by USCIS in order to successfully demonstrate a "waved through" or "procedurally correct" entry, pursuant to Matter of Quilantan and Matter of Areguillin. The BIA held that for purposes of establishing adjustment of status eligibility under INA §245(a), an alien seeking to show that he or she has been “admitted” to the U.S., need only

Emergency rulings reveal indefensible deportation strategy for vulnerable Central American families
January 13, 2016

This Bulletin explains how the Asylum Division has prioritized the adjudication of affirmative applications for asylum. On December 26, 2014, we began prioritizing asylum applications for interview scheduling as follows:

USCIS approved the statutory maximum of 10,000 petitions for U-1 nonimmigrant status for FY2016.

Initial December 24 and 25 media reports of the planned roundups:

On November 20 and 21, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a series of administrative reforms of immigration policy, collectively called the Immigration Accountability Executive Action. The centerpiece of these reforms is an expansion of the current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) initiative for the parents of U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents who meet certain criteria.

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, lawmakers have proposed restricting our U.S. refugee resettlement program. Take action and urge your member of Congress to oppose such proposals, and continue to protect Syrian and all refugees.

USCIS would like to remind you that the following teleconference on T and U visas and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) will take place today, Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern).

USCIS intends to revise its Policy Manual with respect to this issue, and has prepared a draft () for comment. The comment period expires in just 10 days, Nov 23^rd. Here’s a link to the USCIS webpage: https://www.uscis.gov/outreach/feedback-opportunities/policy-manual-comment. Email your comments to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

"The United States has a proud tradition of welcoming immigrants and visitors. This tradition is renewed and enriched by each and every law-abiding immigrant and visitor. This same tradition is reflected in the United States government’s duty to serve and protect its citizens, residents and foreign visitors."

Washington D.C. – In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the federal government’s appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama’s latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. This decision clears the way for the Obama Administration to take this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The deferred action initiatives, announced almost one year ago, in November 2014, include

This USCIS draft policy memo provides guidance on the role and use of interpreters who appear before USCIS during certain interviews conducted in domestic field offices. This draft memo does not apply to asylum, credible fear, reasonable fear, or refugee interviews, or interviews conducted at a USCIS overseas office, among others. Further, it does not apply to translators. Comments are due by December 21, 2015.

Many nonlawyers are unqualified to guide an alien through the immigration system. Some practice law with good intentions, while others do so unscrupulously. Nevertheless, the net effect of the unauthorized practice of immigration law is a negative one. See Margaret Mikyung Lee, Cong. Research Serv., R40822, Legal Ethics in Immigration Matters: Legal Representation and Unauthorized Practice of Law 1 (Sept. 18, 2009) (“The unauthorized practice of law by persons who are not attorneys, ineffective

Check out some of the ongoing litigation efforts against CBP and get inspired to bring your own challenge at:

Humanitarian parole is used sparingly to bring someone who is otherwise inadmissible into the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.