On January 20, 2021, the Biden administration issued a memo declaring its intent to revive Prosecutorial Discretion. The memo is called "Review of and Interim Revision to Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal Policies and Priorities." In simple terms, Prosecutorial Discretion is a decision not to deport...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what to tell my TPS clients about what’s going on in the news. If you’ve been following, you’ve probably heard something about the expiration of TPS, or Temporary Protected Status. And if you know someone from Central America...
DWI is not a deportable offense. Please allow me to repeat that: in and of itself, a DWI conviction will not cause your client to be deported. Not one, not two, not even three DWIs. It just isn’t an offense listed under the Immigration and...
ICE has issued an important update to its policy on ICE holds/detainers that will affect hundreds of non-citizens in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. Below is a summary of arrestees that are subject to ICE holds. Who is subject to ICE holds/detainers? On December 21, 2012, ICE Director...
You may have found this page because your relative was arrested for a criminal offense, and is being held in a county jail in Texas (or any other state for that matter). And when you tried to bond him out, you were told by a...
The Fifth Circuit held that burglary under New Mexico law is an aggravate felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act, because it counts as a “crime of violence.” Previously the Fifth Circuit held that a Texas burglary conviction is also a crime of violence. I’m not...
A finding of “abandonment of residence” is, or should be, a lawful permanent resident’s worst nightmare. This happens when a green card holder arrives in the United States at a port of entry — think, airport or border crossing point — and asks to be let back into...
Each day, thousands of non-citizens attempt to enter the United States at ports of entry, on a grant of advance parole. Clutching their Forms I-512, they are anxious to know whether they will be able to successfully re-enter the United States. The following post aims to...
You may be wondering where you can post bond for detainees at South Texas Detention Center, Laredo Processing Center, Port Isabel Detention Center, and Hutto Detention Center. Although you can post bond at locations all across the United States (e.g., locations stated here), you are probably...
I am often contacted by immigrant families wondering why their permanent resident-relative is being detained at an airport or other port of entry by Customs and Border Protection. In Texas, for example, green card-holders are often held up for secondary inspection at Dallas’s DFW Airport, Houston’s...
