by Jeremy Jennings | Jan 15, 2016 | Family Immigration, Immigration Law Blog
After the San Bernardino, California terrorist attack in December 2015, many politicians called for changes to the current background review process for obtaining visas. Specifically, lawmakers are asking that the State Department and Department of Homeland Security...
by Jeremy Jennings | Dec 11, 2015 | Immigration Law Blog
On Dec. 8, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 407 to 19 to tighten restrictions on travel to the United States under the country’s Visa Waiver Program (VWP)— which allows passport holders of 38 countries, many of them European, to travel to the United States for...
by Jeremy Jennings | Nov 18, 2015 | Deferred Action (DACA / DAPA), Immigration Law Blog
On Nov. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Texas’ decision to temporarily delay the new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood...
by Jeremy Jennings | Oct 16, 2015 | Immigration Law Blog
On October 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of State (DOC) began accepting requests to register for the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017). Also known as the Green Card Lottery, the program provides green cards to 50,000 randomly selected people from...
by Jeremy Jennings | Apr 8, 2015 | Deferred Action (DACA / DAPA), Immigration Law Blog
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has turned away a legal challenge to the initial 2012 DACA program. This lawsuit is entirely separate from the Texas lawsuit against the November 2014 expanded DACA and DAPA executive actions. However, it may have significant bearing...
by Jeremy Jennings | Feb 18, 2015 | Immigration Law Blog
Yesterday’s ruling by a federal district judge in south Texas temporarily delaying the implementation of the Obama Administration’s new expanded deferred action for children (DACA) and deferred action for parents of U.S. citizen children (DAPA) was not...
