Immigration court backlog nearly equals size of Philadelphia’s population, study finds From CNN.com By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN January 18, 2022 The US immigration court backlog reached nearly 1.6 million cases last year, with cases climbing more rapidly between October and December, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks immigration […]
I’m going to give you a few scenarios that may or may not be true.[1] Sometimes, I get emotional describing these cases because they’re so ridiculous, so unfair and so unfathomable, but this is how the intersection of criminal convictions and federal immigration law comes into play. Case 1: Stealing Bacon […]
There are four major ways you may be detained if you are not a citizen of the United States of America: unlawful presence, crimes, prior removal orders and terrorism grounds. Being detained means sitting in an immigration detention center (which may be in a prison or airport) until immigration officers can determine your […]
The world of immigration is full of immigration judges and CBP, ICE/ERO, and USCIS officers investigating fraud and misrepresentation. Most grounds are waivable or forgivable. For example, when adjusting in the United States as the spouse of a U.S. citizen, any unauthorized work is generally not an issue. As another example, coming to the […]
A Notice to Appear (NTA) is a legal document that summons you to Immigration Court. Depending on where you live, this Court may be near-by or hours away. Currently, there are fifty-eight (58) Immigration Courts in the United States (see the list here). Immigration Courts are not civil or criminal – they are […]