DACA Reinstated, For Now, But Dreamers Still Left Hanging

On January 13, 2018, the federal government, under a federal court order, reinstated the Obama-era .Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) for certain individuals who...

How Do I Bring My Fiancé Into The United States?

This winter, a sizable number of clients became engaged. Namely, to foreigners that they met on business trips, study abroad programs, or arranged marriages. No...

Why Don’t They Just Get in Line?

As an immigration attorney, this is a frequent question pondered in my presence. Other similar questions include:

Trump Department of Defense Slows the Path to Citizenship for Military Members

Beginning Friday, October 13, 2017, expedited naturalization through Military service in the US Armed Forces is no longer available for certain foreign-born recruits.

Latest DACA Update

The current administration has ordered the dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, an Obama administration measure that gave protection to...

Trump Administration to Allow 15,000 More Workers into Country

Contrary to campaign promises that American workers would be given priority for American jobs, the Trump administration has indicated that it will make 15,000 more...

Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Repeal Senate Bill 4

Earlier this month, Fort Worth State Representative Ramon Romero filed a proposal that would repeal Texas Senate Bill 4. SB4, set to become effective on...

Supreme Court Allows Limited Version of Travel Ban

The United States Supreme Court issued an unsigned order on Monday, allowing a very limited version of the travel ban the President attempted to implement...

Update on Sanctuary Cities in Texas

Here is the latest on the Sanctuary Cities law in Texas. On May 8th, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, signed the ban on Sanctuary...

Conditional Permanent Resident vs Permanent Resident

Permanent residency can be obtained by immigrants who marry U.S. Citizens. This is a green card renewable every 10 years. There are also cases in...

Sanctuary Cities and What is Ahead

Sanctuary Cities are cities which permit residence by illegal immigrants to help them avoid deportation. They do this by not working with Immigration and Customs...

Immigration Enforcement Priority and Crimes

There has been a lot of confusion among the immigration community with a recent update to the Immigration Enforcement Priorities. A key difference in the...