by Lisa Ramirez | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
On December 3, 2018, USCIS proposed a number of regulatory changes [1] to the H-1B Visa, a temporary visa category that allows U.S. employers to petition a foreign professional worker for employment in a “specialty occupation,” or an occupation that typically requires...
by Lisa Ramirez | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many people are surprised to learn that although medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in some U.S. states and Canada, the sale, possession, production and distribution of marijuana or the facilitation of the aforementioned remain illegal under U.S. federal...
by Lisa Ramirez | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
On November 8, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction halting the Trump Administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As a result of this ruling, USCIS is required to continue...
by Lisa Ramirez | Nov 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Parole-in-Place (“PIP”) is an important immigration option available to family members of active and former military personnel. PIP permits spouses, parents, sons, and daughters of active members of the U.S. Armed Services, individuals in the Selected Reserve of the...
by Lisa Ramirez | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Public charge is a ground of inadmissibility that is currently defined as an individual who is likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence as demonstrated by the receipt of public cash assistance (SSI, TANF, and state and local cash...
by Lisa Ramirez | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over the last month, the administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of criminalizing any entry without inspection at the border, regardless of whether an asylum claim has been made, has resulted in thousands of families forcibly being separated and children being...
