In 2013, AB 60 was enacted into law. This bill allowed undocumented immigrants in California to get a driver’s license. The law went into effect on January 1, 2015. In just three years, we may be about to hit a major milestone. The Department of Motor Vehicles...
One of the industries that has a major presence here in California is the wine industry. Lately, the state’s wine industry has been dealing with a labor shortage. Such shortages can be challenging in any industry. They can pose some special difficulties though...
Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a decision it has made regarding H-2B visas. These visas are for temporary non-agricultural workers. The decision regards this fiscal year’s cap for these visas. As we noted in a past post, earlier...
You work for a family each week - babysitting their children, cleaning their house and preparing meals. You were hired by the family, and they pay you directly. There is a good chance that you never signed paperwork under these circumstances. However, workers in the...
Green card recipients vary greatly in their circumstances. This includes in what qualified them for a green card. There are a variety of routes through which a person could have green card eligibility. So, when thinking about pursuing a green card, an individual may...
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....
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