William A Stock

August 20, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

For immigrants who have successfully navigated the long and often complicated immigrant process, acquiring the status of lawful permanent resident (LPR or green card) is an extremely significant event. Many who have achieved this goal believe that as long as they pay their U.S. taxes as a resident, do not break any laws and spend at least one week each year in this country, they cannot lose their LPR status.

By William A. Stock

8 minute read

June 15, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Temporary visitors to the United States for business represent the second largest category of temporary admissions annually, numbering nearly 4.4 million in 2009.

By William A. Stock

9 minute read

April 20, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Even though difficult, good lawyering can reunite families that the government has doomed to separation by removal (deportation) of a family member.

By William A. Stock and Filomena Lepore

6 minute read

May 16, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last year, to much fanfare, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it had eliminated a 2 million-case backlog of pending applications, in accordance with a promise made by President Bush in 2001.

By William A. Stock

7 minute read