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08 Aug When Does An Lawful Permanent Resident Abandon His or Her Residence?

Posted at 14:06h in Abandonment of residence, Deportation Defense, Green Cards, Inadmissibility Grounds 0 Comments

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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...

08 Aug My relative has a green card. So why is he being held by Immigration at the airport?

Posted at 13:53h in Criminal Immigration, Deportation Defense, Green Cards, Immigration Consequences 0 Comments

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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...

08 Aug Why ICE’s Dismissal Policy Could Be Bad For Immigrants

Posted at 13:48h in Deportation Defense, Family Based Immigration, Green Cards, Politics 0 Comments

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While supporters of immigration reform are applauding ICE’s new immigration policy — which may lead to the dismissal of thousands of deportation cases — the policy could be bad for some aliens. In particular, it could make life worse for aliens who are likely to win relief from removal. This...

08 Aug New ICE Removal Policy Is Not Amnesty For Immigrants

Posted at 13:46h in Deportation Defense, Family Based Immigration, Green Cards, Marriage Based Immigration, Politics 0 Comments

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After a tad bit of reading, I’m of the opinion that the new Obama policy everyone is fussing about is not actually amnesty. It doesn’t create new grounds of relief for someone in removal proceedings. It doesn’t eliminate existing grounds of inadmissibility. It’s just a faster way of doing...

08 Aug Unofficial Immigration Reform?

Posted at 13:44h in Deportation Defense, Family Based Immigration, Green Cards, Politics 0 Comments

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While immigration reform has yet to pass — and may not any time soon — the Obama Administration is implementing what some call an unofficial amnesty. While the Administration is ramping up deportations of aliens with serious criminal histories, it’s begun dismissing thousands of removal cases. The criteria? ...

08 Aug The DREAM Act: A Positive Incentive-Based Approach to Immigration Reform

Posted at 13:43h in Deportation Defense, Family Based Immigration, Green Cards, Politics 0 Comments

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I applaud the DREAM Act, pending federal legislation that would give undocumented students a pathway to citizenship. It’s unique because it gives illegal immigrants positive incentives to stay here and do good things. The DREAM Act grants a 6-year conditional permanent residency to illegal immigrant students...

08 Aug How Good Are You?: Judging Moral Character in Removal Proceedings

Posted at 13:38h in Deportation Defense, Green Cards 0 Comments

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Yes, the government is in the business of judging morality — at least when it comes to removal and deportation. To get cancellation of removal for a non-LPR (lawful permanent resident), the alien must be a “person of good moral character.” Fortunately, the Immigration and Nationality Act attempts to constrain...

Green Cards

08 Aug When Does An Lawful Permanent Resident Abandon His or Her Residence?

08 Aug My relative has a green card. So why is he being held by Immigration at the airport?

08 Aug Why ICE’s Dismissal Policy Could Be Bad For Immigrants

08 Aug New ICE Removal Policy Is Not Amnesty For Immigrants

08 Aug Unofficial Immigration Reform?

08 Aug The DREAM Act: A Positive Incentive-Based Approach to Immigration Reform

08 Aug How Good Are You?: Judging Moral Character in Removal Proceedings

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