U.S. green card holders come from all different parts of the world. However, there are some countries that have a particularly high number of individuals who have come to live here in the United States. Among these is Mexico. There are more lawful immigrants to the...
What a foreign national desiring to become a citizen of the U.S. includes in their citizenship application and does during the naturalization process can have many major impacts. It could impact how quickly the process ends up going. It could also influence how likely...
A state budget was recently approved by California’s legislature. The budget is expected to be signed by the governor. It has the potential to have impacts in many areas in the state, including immigration detention. Among the provisions related to immigration...
Many people immigrate to the United States to escape the challenges of life back home, but for you, they had just begun. For the better part of three months, you faced the tests of military boot camp to earn your citizenship or green card. At the end of your training,...
In Ramirez-Contreras v. Sessions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California's Vehicle code section 2800.2 is not categorically a crime of moral turpitude, and thus, Petitioner is not statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. Mr....
Recently, a U.S. government agency made an announcement that could have implications for companies that hire immigrants on work visas. The agency in question is the U.S. Department of Labor. Last week, the agency announced that it would be increasing its enforcement...
Under U.S. law, certain relatives of U.S. citizens or permanent residents can be eligible for a green card if their family member sponsors them. How common are family-based green cards here in the United States. According to federal data, in recent times, people...
Among the employment immigration issues that can arise for U.S. businesses and foreign workers in the farming industry are issues connected to H-2A visas. These are temporary U.S. work visas for farm workers from other countries. This work visa program has many...
In the wake of last year’s election, one thing many may have wondered is if the U.S. would be seeing big changes in immigration enforcement, such as changes in immigration arrest levels. Recent federal data indicates that such arrests have gone up in the period...
Asylum and refugee are terms that many might hear together. So, one thing one might wonder is: Are the asylum process and refugee process two different processes in U.S. immigration law, or just different names for the same process? While the asylum process and the...
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