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Counties Devise Differing Policies Regarding Ice Detainers

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 17, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

During the last several months county sheriffs in a vast array of jurisdictions have adopted policies refusing to enforce detainers on inmates held in their jails issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Joining that list now is the largest county in the Baltimore area. Montgomery County officials said Tuesday they will no longer comply with federal requests to hold illegal immigrants beyond their scheduled release date unless ICE can demonstrate the person is likely…

Read MorePosted on October 17, 2014December 17, 2019

USCIS Revamps Self-service Verification System For Employees

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 16, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

Last year the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) renamed its self-service E-Verify Self Check program to myE-Verify. Now this online system which enables individuals to check the status of their eligibility to work in the United States is being expanded and revamped. The USCIS just announced that its new website will be “a one-stop shop for employees to create and maintain secure personal accounts and access new features for identity protection. Although myE-Verify will only…

Read MorePosted on October 16, 2014December 17, 2019

Star Of Real Housewives Facing Potential Deportation

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 15, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in About Shulman Law

Television star, Joe Giudice just pleaded guilty to bank and mortgage fraud and received a sentence of three years and five months in prison with the sentence to begin only after his wife, Teresa finishes her 15-month sentence. But the upcoming jail time and disruption of his family (Teresa and he have four daughters) may be just the beginning of his legal problems. Because of the nature of his offenses, he could be subject to deportation…

Read MorePosted on October 15, 2014December 17, 2019

Colorado Sheriffs Refuse Collectively To Enforce Immigration Holds

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 12, 2014December 18, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

Sheriffs from across the state of Colorado have announced that they no longer intend to honor ICE detainers placed on county inmates when such individuals are otherwise eligible for release from their jails or penitentiaries. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency issues these detainers against individuals held in custody by county sheriffs all over the country. Until recently, these sheriffs in Colorado routinely kept these detainees incarcerated beyond the duration of whatever local or state…

Read MorePosted on October 12, 2014December 18, 2019

Permanent Residence For Family Members

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 11, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the immigration system seeks to foster family ties by allowing certain family members of those already in the country as citizens to achieve the status of permanent residence. The law provides multiple ways by which these family members can obtain a green card. Eligible immediate relatives include the U.S. citizen’s: Spouse Unmarried child under the age of 21 Parent (if the U.S. citizen is over the…

Read MorePosted on October 11, 2014December 17, 2019

Knowing Falsification Of Asylum Bars Subsequent Relief For Removal

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 10, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a denial of relief for a petitioner who was claimed to have falsified material information on his petition seeking asylum in the United States. The petitioner Gade Niang, a native and citizen of Senegal, had claimed he was from the Ivory Coast where he had been persecuted on account of his ethnicity and his political opinion in his application for asylum filed in 2005. At the time of filing,…

Read MorePosted on October 10, 2014December 17, 2019

Attempt In Congress To Block Potential Future Executive Action Fails

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 8, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

For three months the White House telegraphed messages that the President intended to unilaterally take executive action to address some of the nation’s immigration problems. At the beginning of the summer President Obama himself proclaimed that, if Congress did not pass a comprehensive immigration reform package by the end of the summer, he would have no choice but to use his own powers to stem deportations, enhance border security and expand the issuance of temporary work…

Read MorePosted on October 8, 2014December 17, 2019

Congress Passes Spending Bill Limiting Appropriations For Refugee Children

By Edward Shulman, Posted on October 2, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

Last month Congress included – as part of a continuing resolution to extend funding for the federal government – measures aimed at addressing the presence of children from the countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala where persistent violence persuaded parents there to send their kids on a dangerous and grueling trek through Central America and Mexico to the southern border of the United States. But the solutions sought by the Obama administration to bolster the…

Read MorePosted on October 2, 2014December 17, 2019

Parishes In Louisiana Taking In Central American Minor Refugees

By Edward Shulman, Posted on September 23, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

Many children who took the harrowing trip across Mexico to the southern border of the United States have now found a temporary place to reside in Louisiana. Five parishes – the equivalent of counties in other states – have agreed to provide shelter for many of these children. From January to July, the Federal Office of Refugee and Resettlement placed 173 children in East Baton Rouge Parish, 533 children in Jefferson Parish, 51 children in Lafayette…

Read MorePosted on September 23, 2014December 17, 2019

Legal Scope Of President’s Authority On Deportations And Work Permits

By Edward Shulman, Posted on September 22, 2014December 17, 2019Posted in Immigration Law

While a great deal of media attention focuses on the political considerations involved in the contemporary debate over comprehensive immigration reform, the legal questions over whether the President can act to address these pressing issues unilaterally generally gets less discussion. However, a group of legal experts on these issues just released a letter contending the President has broad, expansive authority to provide some temporary relief for immigrants facing removal or deportation. The document issued by the American…

Read MorePosted on September 22, 2014December 17, 2019