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Overcoming Common Hurdles in VAWA Applications

VAWA

The “VAWA self-petition” is the shorthand term used by immigration practitioners to refer to an immigration status that is available to undocumented individuals who have been victims of domestic abuse at the hands of a United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent...

Mandatory Detention — A Major Risk for Non-Citizens in the Fourth Circuit

U Visa

By Immigration Attorney April Cockerham Feb. 21,2014 Immigration attorneys who deal in removal defense know that for the past decade the issue of mandatory detention has been one of the most difficult aspects of representing noncitizens. Mandatory detention, a federal...

$25 Million Fund for “DREAMers” Scholarships Announced

Scholarship

Amid the disheartening new developments about House Speaker Boehner and the GOP’s continued unwillingness to tackle immigration reform, there has been one piece of good news for the immigrant community. Recently, the website “thedream.us” announced that it had raised $25...

DC Immigration Attorney: DOL Audit Criteria for PERM/Green Card Process

Green Card

In response to a recent FOIA request, the Department of Labor has released an internal memo which outlines the eight criteria used to determine which PERM cases will be flagged for audits, and subject to the possibility of supervised recruitment. After...

Michigan Pushing for EB-5 Designation

EB-5 Center

Early this week, Michigan Gov. Rich Snyder announced that his state plans to apply with USCIS to become the second state in the country with a state-sponsored EB-5 center. The EB-5 designation would pave the way for foreign nationals to...

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