On August 6, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Birth Tourism,” directing the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to “take such actions and…
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June 25, 2026: A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the Trump administration’s policies allowing immigration agents to arrest non-U.S. citizens at immigration courthouses around the country, saying the Department of…
USCIS implemented enhanced FBI fingerprint and background checks that require the resubmission of biometrics for most pending applications filed before April 27, 2026. This expansion accesses deeper criminal databases, leading…
The affidavit of Support Form I-864 is a contract signed by the petitioner or sponsor in an immigrant visa case agreeing to use their financial resources to support the intending…
Starting September 3, 2013, the Department of State will transition to an online immigrant visa application. Immigrant visa applicants will apply online using Form ds260 (Application for Immigrant Visa and…
Same-sex marriages that are valid under State law are eligible to apply and receive immigration benefits. Applicants will still be required to prove to Department of Homeland Security that the…
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a major immigration bill that would bolster border security, legalize many of America’s 11 million undocumented immigrants and put…
On June 15, 2012, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and President Obama announced that certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, who…
On March 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision, Vartelas v. Holder, No. 10-1211, rejecting the retroactive application of a provision of an immigration laws passed by…
Immigrant Attorney, Gail Seeram, explains that in Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473 (2010), the U.S. Supreme Court held that criminal defendants receive ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth…
