Nelson A. Castillo Friends, watch my first Facebook Live for La Prensa Grafica de El Salvador this Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. PT, 4:00 p.m. CT and 6:00 p.m. ET. The detention of undocumented immigrants in ICE operations over the course of this year, proposed changes to immigration laws, rumors about the ... Read more
Updated information for the September 2017 Visa Bulletin is now available. The new tables include the consular filing dates and final visa issuance action. If you would like to view the Visa Bulletin tables on Filing for Adjustment of Status (applications for a visa to ... Read more
Due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Application Support Centers, Field Office and Asylum Office in Houston, Texas will be closed until September 5, 2017. Initially, the closure had been announced until ... Read more
President Donald Trump today granted a presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona - less than a month since he was found guilty of criminal contempt for disobeying a federal judge's order in a case involving racial profiling of Latino immigrants. Arpaio, 85 ... Read more
Judith Palma, a Honduran national who also went by the name Roma Smith, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding more than 30 immigrants whom she had promised to help obtain legal status and process immigration documents in the United States. Palma pleaded guilty to 17 felony counts of grand theft ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I alert you to a significant change in a humanitarian program for Central American children. Here is the column: Effective today, August 15, 2017, the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole Processing Program's conditional admission program for Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer a question from a reader who wants to find and help a family member detained by ICE. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I provide a general answer to her questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney ... Read more
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced that it will temporarily close the immigration court in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, August 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. local time to prepare for relocation. The immigration court will resume hearings at the new location on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at ... Read more
Several of the customer service tools on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website will be unavailable today, Thursday, August 10, 2017. USCIS will again be performing maintenance work on its electronic system. On this occasion, the service interruption will be from 9:00 p.m. ... Read more
In my recent Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer a concerned reader's question about her son's case following the sentencing and closing of a fake lawyer's office. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here is a general answer to her questions. Please ... Read more
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