Prerna Lal

USCIS Targets International Students and Visa Overstayers

USCIS unveiled a new memo recently with regards to unlawful presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants. The new policy…

8 years ago

New USCIS Memo Signals Drastic Change for Immigration Applicants

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued two recent memos that allow immigration officials more discretion to…

8 years ago

USCIS Issues New Memo Expanding Power to Initiate Removal Proceedings

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new policy on June 28, 2018, expanding the reasons that…

8 years ago

Sessions Rescinds Memoranda Impacting Refugee and Asylee Right to Work

Continuing his assault on refugees and asylum seekers, Jeff Sessions rescinded Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance that dictated refugees and…

8 years ago

SCOTUS Ruling In Pereira v. Sessions Gives Hope To Thousands of Non-Citizens

Individuals now have a new way to challenge their removal proceedings. In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court of the…

8 years ago

New Trump Executive Order Codifying Family Internment Camps

Donald Trump signed an executive order this morning after weeks of a public relations nightmare following the family separation policy…

8 years ago

#WhereAreTheChildren? The Kids Are Alright

We've seen a week of mass hysteria, propagated by many well-intentioned people, about how the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)…

8 years ago

Jeff Sessions Ends Administrative Closure Leaving 355,000 In Limbo

In an unprecedented move, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has quietly moved to terminate the authority of Immigration Judges to close…

8 years ago

Federal Judge Restores DACA Program Pending A 90-Day Stay

A federal judge in Washington D.C. has ruled that the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…

8 years ago

BIA Issues Decision On Effect of Vacated Criminal Conviction on Noncitizen’s Status

Even if your criminal court conviction was expunged, it may continue to have repercussions for your immigration case. In Matter…

8 years ago