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President Biden’s Immigration Announcement

Jessica Malott — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:24:53 +0000

The Biden administration recently announced a new policy that would allow undocumented spouses of U.S. Citizens to apply for “parole in place” and potentially a green card, without having to depart the U.S. This program would be limited to people married to a U.S. Citizen as of June 17, 2024, who have been living in the U.S. for 10 years, among other requirements. Please keep in mind that this…

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COVID-19 Update

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:31:34 +0000

Due to the Covid-19 cases in Iowa City, our office is currently closed for in-person meetings. We are still accepting phone and online appointments. Please leave a voicemail if you are unable to reach us and we will return your call as soon as we are able. Contact us if you have any questions. Thank you for your patience, and please follow CDC guidelines to keep yourselves, families…

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Trump Administration’s Recent Restrictive Immigration Policy Changes

Jessica Malott — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:53:45 +0000

Expanding expedited removals – The Trump Administration published a notice in July announcing an expansion of immigration authorities’ use of expedited removals to deport immigrants from the United States. Expedited removal is a process that allows immigration officers to bypass the immigration-court system and order the deportation of immigrants apparently subject to removal without their case…

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Trump Unveils Plan to Reform Immigration System with Focus on “Merit” Based Immigration

Jessica Malott — Sun, 19 May 2019 17:42:47 +0000

President Trump spoke late last week about his administration’s plan to “modernize” and reform the nation’s immigration system. During his remarks, Trump identified two primary goals for the plan: 1) to stop illegal immigration and secure the nation’s border; and 2) to shift the immigration system away from primarily family-based immigration toward a points-based or merit-based approach.

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President Trump Issues Memorandum Calling for Additional Restrictions on Asylum Seekers

Jessica Malott — Fri, 03 May 2019 01:29:48 +0000

On Monday, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum calling for the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to propose new regulations aiming to enhance border security and “strengthen asylum procedures to safeguard our system against rampant abuse of our asylum process.” The memo specifically calls for the development of regulations that do the…

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Supreme Court Ruling Allows for Detention of Criminal Immigrants Long After Completion of Sentences

Jessica Malott — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:33:47 +0000

The Supreme Court of the United States recently issued a ruling that is thought to broaden the power of immigration officials to detain criminal immigrants. In the 5-4 decision, Nielsen, et al. v. Preap, et al., the Court ruled that immigration officials are not required to detain an immigrant with a criminal conviction immediately upon their release from criminal custody.

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Migrants Forced to Wait in Mexico for Immigration Court Hearings Due to New US Government Policy

Jessica Malott — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:14:48 +0000

The government announced on January 24, 2019 a new policy that will force some migrants to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings. Instead of being permitted to enter the United States and wait for their immigration court hearings, the new policy will allow immigration officials to return the migrants to Mexico, where they will be required to await their hearings.

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Government shutdown worsening immigration courts backlog, has little effect on USCIS

Jessica Malott — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:20:24 +0000

Today is the 30th day of the partial government shutdown, and there appears to be no end in sight following the President’s weekend proposal to reopen the government and provide a three-year extension of DACA and TPS in exchange for $5.7 billion of funding for his border wall, a proposal that was swiftly rejected by Democratic Congressional leadership. Some of the nation’s immigration system has…

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments regarding mandatory detention of immigrants with criminal convictions.

Jessica Malott — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:06:21 +0000

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments today in the case of Nielsen v. Preap (16-1363), a case in which the Court will decide the issue of “[w]hether a criminal alien becomes exempt from mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. 1226(c) if, after the alien is released from criminal custody, the Department of Homeland Security does not take him into immigration custody immediately.

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USCIS begins implementation of new policy for issuance of Notices to Appear

Jessica Malott — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:15:40 +0000

US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that beginning October 1, 2018, it will begin implementing a June 28, 2018 policy memorandum intended to effectuate President Trump’s immigration policies. On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13768, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, detailing his Administration’s policy to enhance the…

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