New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
EOIR Changes The Way The Immigration Court Cases Are Being Processed
07 April 2021Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova EOIR or Executive office of Immigration Review adopted a new policy for processing cases in Immigration court. It means that every person who is in Immigration court now (in other words persons who are in removal or deportation proceedings), or those who can be placed in such a removal or depo ...
New York Aggravated Unlicensed Operation Of A Motor Vehicle Under 511(3)(a)(i) Is A Crime Involving Moral Turpitude Says BIA
04 April 2021Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova A conviction of any offense, is of course, a matter that may have life long consequences for any person… but for an immigrant, a criminal conviction may also mean the end of their life in the Unites States as they know it (separation form the family members and friends, end of employment, career, s ...
A Break For U Visa Petitioners: No Deportation For 90 Days
30 March 2021Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova On February 13, 2020, a lawsuit was filed against ICE’s former Acting Director Matthew Albence by ASISTA and Sanctuary for Families. The lawsuit was about the the ICE’s intention to eliminate the prima facie determination process for U visa petitioners. On March 18, 2021, Judge Jeffrey Meyer granted s ...
ICE Prosecutorial Discretion Review Process
17 March 2021Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps clients to fight for their status and stay in the United States. On March 11, 2021, ICE announced a new procedure that could change millions of lives: a case review tool. Over the past decade, ICE's priorities for deportation and removal enforcement hav ...
The Public Charge Rule: What’s The Deference?
01 March 2021Auhtor: NYC Immigraiton Lawyer Alena Shautsova Many of you are aware of the public charge rule modification that was adopted by the Trump administration and that affected virtually every, or most applicants for adjustment of status in the United States. Once the administration changed hands, the Biden’s team promised to revise the rule, but it i ...
Immigration Reform: U.S. Citizenship Act 2021
24 February 2021Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova The US Citizenship Act 2021 marks the next wave of President Biden’s immigration reform. It is intended to bring about the sweeping changes his campaign and his supporter's dream of. Where the sweeping nature of the reforms may be seen by many as a moral necessity, the lack of support from the ...
Dangers Of Using Unauthorized Social Security Number And Immigration
17 February 2021Author: New York Immigration Lawyer The Fifth Circuit court has handed a dividing precedent on the case of Munoz-Rivera v Wilkinson. The case before the court was that of Fernando Munoz-Rivera, a Mexican born migrant who had passed into the US in 2010 with an unauthorized social security number. After five years, he was picked up by the USCIS and ...
Immigration Reform: Amnesty Or Crisis?
10 February 2021Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Biden began his term with swift action to alter the state of the immigration system of the United States. After passing executive orders and sending prospective legislation to Congress, the administration already has a migration crisis on its hands. Last week the Dream Act hit the floor of the House ...
Immigration Reform 2021: Dream Act
09 February 2021Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsay Graham brought forth another DREAM… They have proposed more bipartisan legislation that intends to give many young, undocumented immigrants ferried into the US as children a pathway to citizenship. After being sworn in, President Biden’s office immediately sounded a m ...
Biden’s Immigration Executive Orders
06 February 2021Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, President Biden signed three more Immigration executive orders. These were not designed to ‘make new law’, but to eliminate ‘bad policy’. The orders themselves will inevitably have a legal effect. But what effect? Two of the orders signed ordered a comprehensive review o ...