Stuart G. Friedman
Appeals & Immigration
Toll Free - US & Canada
Congress has provided the United States Customs and Border Patrol (“CBP”) a very powerful tool to prevent non-citizens from entering the United States for long period of time — up-to life entry bar if in the subjective opinion of the border officer that individual has committed one or more infractions …
The immigration law firm of Parrilli and Rennison is considering an interesting challenge to the H1B lottery scheme? They argue that the lottery is not statutorily authorized and that the agency must proceed on a straight first in first out basis with priority dates given in fashion similar to the …
Yesterday, United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the contenious case of United States v Texas. This case involves the State of Texas’ challenge to President Obama’s program to allow undocumented parents of US citizen parents to remain in the United States despite their nebulous legal status. Particularly in …
Thanks to the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center for sharing the Board of Immigration’s recent unpublished ruling in Charles Borromeo Ajaelu, A058 739 058 (BIA Sept. 3, 2015). That ruling found that Georgia’s generic theft statute did not qualify as a theft offense for purposes of the INA because the Georgia …
Last Friday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services was literally buried in petitions under the so-called “H1B” category for skilled non-immigrant workers. The H1B visa is a highly prized visa because it can be converted to an immigrant track in the fifth year and because non-citizens can be sponsored for …
On October 30, 2015, the Attorney General ordered rehearing of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in In the Matter of Chiarez-Casterjoin. In that decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals handed down a decision on the categorical rule which noted that a statute is not divisible under Descamps if …
The International Criminal Court at the Hague has issued a Red Notice for the arrest of Prime Minister Qadaffi. According to the Israeli paper Arutz Sheva, the notice was also issued for his son (and presumptive heir) Seif al-Islam. Also being sought on charges of war crimes is Libya’s former intelligence …