EXECUTIVE (DIS)ORDER: Pres. Trump's Ban on Muslims from Seven Countries
It is been one of the most memorable weekends in my own career as an immigration lawyer, going back to 2002. On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States." The Executive Order, as originally issued, applied to all individuals "from" the 7 designated countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Incredibly, the order included not only nonimmigrant visa holders
Attorney's Commentary on Trump's "Immigration Enforcement Improvements"
You will likely see many people commenting on this in many places in the days ahead. Rather than pick apart everything in the Executive Order, I will tailor my comments to the areas of my practice that are impacted by it. What we are really talking about here is the flood of "refugees," some purely economic, some legal, coming from Mexico and Central America to escape impossible living conditions, particularly in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, as well as certain sectio
Trump Issued Executive Order on "Immigration Enforcement Improvements"
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 25, 2017 EXECUTIVE ORDER - - - - - - - BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IMPROVEMENTS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) (INA), the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109‑367) (Secure Fence Act), and the Illegal Immigration
Immigration Consequences of Divorce
"The course of true love never did run smooth," wrote Shakespeare in A Midsummer's Night's Dream. While the Bard surely wasn't thinking of American immigration law when he wrote this, he well could have given the bumps in the road (consequences) that divorce can have on a foreign citizen whose immigration status is dependent upon marriage to US citizen. This post will concentrate on some of the immigration consequences that divorce can have on an immigrant, and critical timi
SOME HOPE FOR DREAMERS
"Dreamers" (the name is taken from bill that never was passed during the Obama administration) are people unlawfully present in the United States and who are here because they came into this country as children. The Obama administration established a program known as "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" or "DACA," that is allowed many dreamers who do not have serious criminal records to remain in the United States and to have the right to work, free of immediate threat of
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION AND IMMIGRATION LAW
International adoptions can be difficult under American immigration law. There is a substantial workup necessary to qualify a US citizen as an adopting parent. There is also the need to make sure that an international adoption will be approved by the law of the country where the child lives. There are many technical rules and a misstep can spell disaster. International adoption problems can be avoided if the foreign citizen child is in the United States, and meets the profi
