How to change address with USCIS?

In my Immigration Consultation® column this week I explain why it is necessary to notify USCIS and other government agencies of a change of address and how you can do it. Here is the column: The law requires most non-citizens of the United States to notify the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of a change of address ... Read more

How to find an immigration detainee

One of the questions I constantly receive from my readers is how do you find a family member in immigration detention? This week, in my column in La Opinión, I answer this question again. I also answer another reader who wants to know what he can do to get a tourist visa for his mother. Remember, every case is different. Read more

ICE establishes new measures, helpline for detained immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) yesterday announced new measures that could help immigrants detained by state and local law enforcement agencies. The goal is to ensure that detainees are properly notified of their rights and possible deportation from the country. In order to assist individuals who ... Read more

ICE details who are low priority for deportation from the country

Last week I reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given "high priority" for expedited removal. They also released which aliens are considered "low priority" for deportation. ... Read more

ICE details who are high priority for deportation from the country

After months of uncertainty, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given priority in the immigration courts. In my column in this week's La Opinión, I explain which cases are high priority for ... Read more

ICE deported nearly 400,000 people in last fiscal year

John Morton, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), today announced that 396,906 individuals were deported during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011). This is the highest number of deportees in the agency's history. According to figures from ... Read more

Scammers on the prowl with new immigration policy

The announcement that the U.S. government would halt "low priority" deportations gave hope to thousands of immigrants whose cases are before the immigration courts. But it also attracted scam artists on the prowl for vulnerable people desperately seeking to stay in the country. The new immigration policy is not an amnesty, ... Read more

Government warns of change in immigration policy

When the U.S. government announced last week that it would halt "low priority" deportations, it gave flight to the hopes of thousands of undocumented immigrants - and to unscrupulous people who want to take advantage of those people and swindle them out of their money and their dreams. The new immigration policy of President Obama's Administration ... Read more

Deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants is suspended

The U.S. government today announced that it will cancel the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants currently in removal proceedings while it evaluates each case. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the policy change in a letter to the ... Read more

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