One thing a person who is granted asylum here in the U.S. may be concerned about is their long-term immigration situation. They may worry about how future changes in their or their home country’s circumstances might impact their ability to stay in the U.S. under...
Immigrants in California who have been targeted for deportation are sometimes held in immigration detention centers. Because Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not have enough federal government-owned detention centers to hold all of its detainees, the vast...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a temporary lifeline for thousands of young immigrants. The Migration Policy Institute has reported that California ranks 11th in the nation for applications to the DACA program. This low ranking is unfortunate when you...
A new immigration initiative could help foreign entrepreneurs to start businesses in California. Under the proposed initiative, the Department of Homeland Security would be able to use its discretionary statutory parole authority to allow entrepreneurs to enter the...
The United States Department of Justice is proposing changes that are associated with the Immigration and Nationality Act that could affect immigrants throughout California and the rest of the country. Namely, the DOJ is seeking to add the intent requirement found in...
California residents are likely familiar with the legal doctrine of prosecutorial discretion. Authorities simply do not have the resources to prosecute all of the cases brought before them to the fullest extent of the law, and those considered less of a threat to...
A California mother and grandmother who has lived in the United States since the age of 11 but who is undocumented was taken into custody in February 2016 on suspicion of being a gang member. The new focus of the Obama administration is on deporting people who are...
Some California residents might wonder whether their citizenship can be revoked. It is not possible to revoke the citizenship of a natural-born U.S. citizen, although they can renounce it. However, in a few very rare cases, a naturalized citizen may have that...
The fines imposed on employers in California and around the country found to be in violation of federal immigration laws increased sharply on Aug. 1. The previous fine schedule will remain in place for violations that occurred prior to Nov. 2, 2015. The Department of...
Foreign nationals who hold a majority stake in a business in California or any other U.S. state may be eligible to receive an E-2 Treaty Investor visa. The business concerned must be a U.S. company, and the investor must be a citizen of a country that has signed a...
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