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Working with you to strengthen your workplace

Your Avvocato Law lawyer understands the importance of assembling and leading high-performing teams to help grow your business.

We can help you develop appropriate workplace policies and procedures so that your team can perform optimally and celebrate you as an employer of choice.

When challenges do arise, your Avvocato Law lawyer can help you navigate the murky waters of workplace investigations, human rights issues, workers compensation, safety and health, and general labour relations.

Your Avvocato Law lawyer is committed to helping you build and sustain exceptional workplace cultures where employees contribute enthusiastically to your success

  • Workplace Policies Development
  • Workplace Cultures
  • Procedures Development
  • Assembling high-performing teams

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Know Your Rights

Navigating CBP Secondary Inspection, Searches and Seizures

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Know Your Rights

Is the U.S. Government Monitoring Your Pro-Palestine Posts?

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Reports

SEVIS Termination? Here Is What You Can Do

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In The News

Trump Administration Ends CHNV and CBP One Program, Revoking Parole for Thousands of Migrants

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In The News

Trump Administration Pauses Green Cards for Asylees and Refugees: What You Need to Know

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Crimmigration, Detention, In The News, News

The Laken Riley Act Passes: What It Means for Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety

In a landmark decision, Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, which is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. The bill is a controversial piece of legislation named in honor of the 22-year-old nursing student whose tragic death sparked national debates about immigration enforcement and public safety. The bill, which cleared its final hurdles this week, aims to tighten immigration laws and address concerns about crimes committed by undocumented individuals. Here’s what you need to know about the law and its potential impacts.

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News, TPS

Trump Revokes Protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

The Trump administration has reversed a decision by President Joe Biden that extended deportation protections (temporary protected status) for over 600,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S. The decision to revoke the 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which was put in place due to ongoing crisis in Venezuela, was made public on Tuesday.

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In The News

Trump’s Executive Orders Reshape U.S. Policy

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Administrative Relief, Federal Court

Federal Judge Ends Keeping Families Together Program

A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s “Keeping Families Together” program, a policy that would have allowed undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to remain in the country while adjusting status. Ultimately, despite the claims of the states who sued to stop this policy, it is the American public, including the hundreds of thousands of families impacted by this decision, who will bear the human and social costs of this decision.

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Activism, News

Post-Election Blues – What To Do Now?

There’s a silver-lining here for immigration advocates. We have always known that the Democrats will not liberate us–they have the same anti-immigrant policies sans the rhetoric. The Biden Administration has continuously tried to curtail the right to seek asylum. We have organized and resisted anti-immigrant policies before, and we will continue to do so. We will no longer be alone and scream into the void as the next President comes for our clients and our families. Trump’s victory should galvanize people who cannot look away from the very real violence that they will unleash on women, immigrants, the LGBTQIA community, and many more people.

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Administrative Relief, TPS

New Benefit: TPS for Lebanon

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Administrative Relief

New Benefit: DED for Lebanon

On July 26, 2024, President Joseph Biden issued a Memorandum on the Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese Nationals to the secretaries of state and homeland security authorizing DED and employment authorization for 18 months for eligible Lebanese nationals.

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