by Jeremy Jennings | Feb 12, 2014 | Immigration Law Blog
Immigration reform continues to be treated as a political piñata, the prospects seemingly close at hand in one instance and then suddenly being pulled away in the next. Last week served as the latest example. Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner (OH) and his...
by Jeremy Jennings | Jan 24, 2014 | Hardship Waivers, Immigration Law Blog
USCIS today issued official guidance regarding I-601A provisional waiver applications by persons who have been convicted of a crime. USCIS had narrowly implemented the provisional waiver policy by finding that the denial of a provisional waiver was justified by the...
by Jeremy Jennings | Nov 15, 2013 | Family Immigration, Immigration Law Blog
The Department of Homeland Security announced today new formalized guidelines for allowing undocumented relatives of U.S. military members to legalize their immigration status. Known as “Parole in Place,” the program has existed for several years but was...
by Jeremy Jennings | Nov 14, 2013 | Immigration Law Blog
House Republican leader John Boehner closed the door today on immigration reform in 2013, again rejecting the possibility of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in favor of a “piece-by-piece” immigration debate. Such a debate won’t happen this...
by Jeremy Jennings | Nov 13, 2013 | Immigration Law Blog
Nashville Public Radio reports that Republican state legislators, in an effort to demonstrate the strain that refugee services place on the tax-paying public, requested that the state Fiscal Review Committee investigate the impact of refuge resettlement in Tennessee....
