How will USCIS's new public charge rules affect my immigration case? Our law firm had numerous inquiries regarding how receipt of public benefits can affect whether a non-citizen will be able to obtain U.S. permanent residency . Gossip and misinformation have led many ...
Read MorePart II: DACA This past week, the Ninth Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction enjoining the Trump Administration from rescinding DACA for current ...
View MoreIt’s been such an interesting week to be practicing immigration law in California. The Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction ...
View MoreThis week the Ninth Circuit held that a federal conviction under the Travel Act may be a federally controlled substance offense because the statute is ...
View MoreThis week the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) redefined the term "obstruction of justice" and reaffirmed that a conviction for California Penal ...
View MoreTwo cases came down this week from the Ninth Circuit and both held that robbery is categorically not a crime of violence. However, California robbery ...
View MoreThe Board of Immigration Appeals distinguished and seemingly overturned the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions and methamphetamine ...
View MoreThis week had so many decisions that I decided to divide up the blog into the two truly remarkable cases and the four more mundane but still important ...
View MoreThe BIA and the Attorney General did not publish any decisions this week, but the Ninth Circuit made up for it by publishing five decisions related to ...
View MorePart II - Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions The BIA issued two decisions this past week, both of which I think might be over-turned in whole or ...
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