The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vicki W. Li | December 15, 2021
The EB-5 immigrant investor visa program has been turbulent the last few years. The first major change requires a look back in November 2019 when the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) increased the required investment amounts from $500,000 in a TEA (targeted employment area) and $1 million in a non-TEA to $900,000 and $1.8 million, respectively.
By Jim Saunders | December 13, 2021
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Gov. Ron DeSantis have long criticized the Biden administration's handling of undocumented immigrants and border security.
By Andrew Goudsward | December 7, 2021
Microsoft admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay about $17,000 to resolve the claims.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Amy Haberman and Zlatko Hadzismajlovic | December 7, 2021
After years of outreach to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a major settlement has forced the agency to update its policy to provide that certain dependent spouses will qualify for an automatic extension of their work authorization, provided certain conditions are met.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 6, 2021
The judge's attorney argued Joseph is protected from criminal prosecution by judicial immunity, but Circuit Judge William Kayatta noted that immunity wouldn't apply if Joseph acted corruptly.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher Dunn | December 1, 2021
Nearly 250 years after the adoption of the Bill of Rights, in a country peopled by immigrants, basic constitutional protections remain unresolved for one group: noncitizens detained on suspicion of civil offenses involving U.S. immigration law. This hole in constitutional law must be filled.
By Claudia Torrens, Philip Marcelo and Elliot Spagat | November 12, 2021
Ecuadorian Neptali Chiluisa crossed the border in June in Arizona and was detained for a week. He found work at New York construction sites. He acknowledges coming for economic reasons and wonders if he has any options for temporary legal status.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Arielle Ratush | November 11, 2021
In another legal win for skilled immigrants and their American employers, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has settled a class action lawsuit challenging H-1B denials for market research analysts.
By Andrew Goudsward | November 3, 2021
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman said the DOJ's attempt to disqualify a lawyer who counseled former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr was a "mere shot across the bow meant to blur the real legal issue before the court."
By Jason Grant | October 29, 2021
"With respect to the first complaint filed against him, [Espinoza] testified that he stopped working on the client's asylum petition after he received a 'secret letter' from the client's sister, alleging that the petition would be based on fraud," according to the decision from the Appellate Division, First Department, which appeared to recite facts alleged by the grievance committee. The committee said it has been unable to get documents supporting certain claims made by the lawyer.
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