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Sorting out Financial Requirements for Immigration Applicants https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/calculator-385506_1920.jpg 1920 1131 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
December 17, 2019

Sorting out Financial Requirements for Immigration Applicants

Whereas most research shows that immigrants use public benefits at lower rates than native-born U.S. citizens,[1] a dizzying web of initiatives by the Trump Administration reveal a noisy, and perhaps intimidating, plan to reorder longstanding programs and standards in the realm of public benefits and financial support for immigrants. The upshot of these Administration efforts…

Lawyering and Litigating in Era of Delays https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uscis_data_on_application_and_petition_processing_times_feature.jpg 1000 559 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

Amy Lenhert
December 17, 2019

Lawyering and Litigating in Era of Delays

The experienced immigration practitioner will agree that USCIS has never enjoyed a reputation for speedy and efficient case processing. However, in recent years USCIS processing delays have been steadily – often sharply — increasing across the spectrum. From routine applications for employment authorization or for naturalization (which is of increasing concern as we approach an…

Delay in naturalization applications leads to litigation, Congressional inquiry https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uscis_data_on_application_and_petition_processing_times_feature.jpg 1000 559 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 10, 2019 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
April 10, 2019

Delay in naturalization applications leads to litigation, Congressional inquiry

The number of Applications for Naturalization submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) went up by 25% from 2013 to 2017, and then saw a decline in 2018. The significant jump in the number of applications in 2016 alone contributed to a backlog in processing naturalization (N-400) applications. However, despite the fact…

Going to Tijuana to Uphold U.S. Law and International Law on Asylum https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/home-state-1175789_960_720.jpg 960 678 Helen A. Sklar Helen A. Sklar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a76e9a2a354e70a9b491efb865885c18?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 10, 2019 June 4, 2019

Helen A. Sklar
April 10, 2019

Going to Tijuana to Uphold U.S. Law and International Law on Asylum

Since the 1980s, countless Central Americans have made the difficult decision to leave family, home and community, risking life and limb journeying across Mexico in hopes of reaching the safety of the United States. The principal sending countries are El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, known collectively as the Northern Triangle of Central America. It is…

Effective Use of the Freedom of Information Act https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FOIA-GAVEL.jpg 2000 1000 Helen A. Sklar Helen A. Sklar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a76e9a2a354e70a9b491efb865885c18?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 10, 2019 June 4, 2019

Helen A. Sklar
April 10, 2019

Effective Use of the Freedom of Information Act

A brief history of FOIA Signed into law in 1967, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was heralded as an iconic achievement on behalf of governmental transparency. In light of the current attacks on the media and press freedom, it is worthwhile to remember that FOIA was enacted for the stated purpose of implementing “a…

Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CALIFORNIA-LAW.jpg 2287 1477 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 10, 2019 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
April 10, 2019

Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed

The California legislature has a long history of enacting laws intended to protect immigrants from deportation based on state crimes. For example, since 1978, California has required judges to warn all defendants before accepting a plea of guilty or no contest that, for non-citizens, conviction could result in deportation or denial of naturalization.[1] The California…

Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gavel.jpg 132 93 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 13, 2019 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
March 13, 2019

Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed

The California legislature has a long history of enacting laws intended to protect immigrants from deportation based on state crimes. For example, since 1978, California has required judges to warn all defendants before accepting a plea of guilty or no contest that, for noncitizens, conviction could result in deportation or denial of naturalization. Cal. Penal…