After the Haitian earthquake of January 0f 2010, the Obama administration granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those living illegally in the United States that were from Haiti. This even applied to those in removal proceedings. This helped approximately 100,000 people. TPS was initially...
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Immigration Delays Causing Hardships to Families
The average wait time to obtain a green card for immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen is usually five months or less. However, over the past year, the wait time has tripled as thousands of families have had to wait over 15 months to lawfully reunite their families. The delays stem from the...
Immigration Update: Will Republicans Allow a Vote on Immigration Reform?
The “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” is an immigration reform bill that has been received with broad bipartisan support. The bill was negotiated, written, and sponsored by the Senate’s “Gang of Eight”, a bipartisan group of senators committed to...
How Can a 1 Star Lawyer Get 5 Stars Reviews?
How can a really bad lawyer get dozens of outstanding reviews on the internet? I know an attorney, who for obvious reasons I won’t identify, who gives incorrect legal advice, and yet gets rave reviews and top rankings in Google. He has told people that they can file bankruptcy when they can’t....
Same Sex Couples Now Have the Right to Sponsor a Spouse
On June 26, 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court determined in the Windsor case that the section of DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act) that stated, among other things, that same sex couples did not have the legal right to marry, was unconstitutional, the Court opened the door for a U.S. citizen or...