ASC Appointment Notice
What is an ASC Notice? Commonly known as your Biometrics Appointment, where USCIS will collect your fingerprints, photographs, and/or signature. This appointment allows USCIS to confirm your identity and run required background and security checks. What do I need to do? Read your notice carefully. The notice will include date, […]
Is ICE a rogue agency?
Recent claims have demonstrated that the Federal Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has defied President Biden’s orders by continuing the deportations, according to several immigration rights groups published affidavits by Cameroonians claiming that they were forced to approve their deportation despite the 100 day suspension of deportation of flights […]
Biden’s Immigration Bill: Changing the word “alien” to “noncitizen”
The new president wants to modernize the Immigration System of the United States by establishing a new system to responsibly manage and secure the border, and better manage migration. According to the Bill, it will give the opportunity to people who have lived in the US for years to obtain […]
What is a Request for Evidence?
What is a Request for Evidence? Requests for Evidence commonly known as a RFE are issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to the petitioners when it determines that it needs extra information to make a decision in your immigration case. What should I do? Read the RFE […]
Migrating in the middle of a pandemic
As of January 20, 2021 the government has made a Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Non-Immigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease, meaning the entry of people coming from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Federative Republic of […]
NOTICE OF ONE YEAR FILING DEADLINE FOR ASYLUM APPLICATIONS
On November 4, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice explaining that due to the “Mendez Rojas” agreement, individuals who were not notified of the one-year period to file their asylum applications after their arrival in the United States may file their applications until April 22, 2022. This […]
The first 100 days of the Biden Administration were very active on immigration matters
In the first days of Biden’s administration, many beneficial things were done for U.S. immigration policy. Among the 17 executive actions Biden signed his first afternoon in office were the rescission of the Trump travel ban on nationals from a number of predominantly Muslim countries, a pause on wall construction […]
Law School Students Submit Brief Arguing that BIA Erred
Recently, some law school students participating in a law school immigration law clinic filed an amicus brief and argued that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in rejecting a proposed social group of “Salvadoran women” in an asylum case. In their amicus brief, the law students argued the following things: […]
Reuniting more than 600 migrant children with their parents.
Experts believe that United States President Joe Biden’s administration will appoint Michelle Brane as the Executive Director of a task force whose mission is to reunite migrant families that were separated from each other under Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” migrant family separation policy. Michelle Brane is currently the director of […]