Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova As the USCIS published instructions to the new deferred action program for young people (Form I-821D), many applicants should be aware of possible pitfalls. First, the instructions specify that the deferred action will be available for those applicants who do not have a record of felony or serious misdemeanor ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova The California Senate passed AB1081, called the TRUST Act. This bill seeks to prevent law enforcement officials from referring undocumented immigrants to Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless the courts convict the individual of a violent crime or felony. The nickname for this bill is the "anti-Arizona ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova While the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in the Arizona Immigration Law case, more lawsuits still challenge the validity of the provision that the Supreme Court upheld. CNN reported that a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a federal court motion to block the provision that requires offic ...
Author: Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova U.S. Supreme Court Accepted One Section and Rejected Three Sections of AZ Immigration Law. The Supreme Court rendered its decision on the highly controversial Arizona immigration law that proposed extensive regulation of undocumented immigrants. The justices upheld one section of the Arizona law and reje ...
Author: NY Law Firm of Alena Shautsova Deciding certain cases may require the court to determine the weight of immigration law versus employment law. This is what happened in Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002), a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court for final decision. The case involved a ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova California must deal with an immigration issue that other states may soon face as well. An undocumented immigrant, who came to the United States with his parents when he was 17 is now 35 and has obtained a law degree in California. His name is Sergio C. Garcia. The State Bar of California certified Garcia base ...
Author: Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova The purpose of any national law is to lay ground rules that safeguard its people and promote the country's growth and well-being. Current U.S. immigration laws have not kept up with the times. While proposed solutions for reform differ, politicians from both camps, the left and right, agree on the need ...
Author: NY immigration lawyer of Alena Shautsova Undocumented immigrants can find themselves in a variety of situations where they may need to hire an immigration lawyer. Findlaw reported about a very interesting case with a different twist that involved an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who bought a lottery ticket and won the jackpot. Nat ...
Author: Law Office of Alena ShautsovaBecause immigration law is under federal jurisdiction, whether an appeal is heard by a U.S. Court of Appeals in New York or a U.S. Court of Appeals in Texas, it is still a federal ruling that can set a precedent for immigration law. Within the past few years, states and even municipalities have attempted their ...
Author: immigration law firm of Alena Shautsova While the U.S. Supreme Court's review of Arizona's immigration law is underway, reports are coming in from numerous media outlets about the Supreme Court justices' questioning and oral arguments of both sides of the case. Both sides took the floor with Obama administration Solicitor General Donald Ve ...