Family Litigation Articles

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/5b81919248948d9b5031e7da7e328e4892091f5a59b3a4f5ee3d9f201f1fef99?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/9ec6a7d74aa418b1d020307057eb5412fce7d240b623e94a9492a04df13b6915?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/9ec6a7d74aa418b1d020307057eb5412fce7d240b623e94a9492a04df13b6915?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…

SGG in the News https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/la-1549076260-0ia2g7ihsm-snap-image.jpg 800 450 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 8, 2019 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
February 8, 2019

SGG in the News

On February 1, 2019, Nora Phillips, a lawyer at the forefront of providing legal services to asylum seekers and deportees in Tijuana, was detained and deported by Mexican authorities for reasons that the Mexican government has yet to specify. At 11:30AM, when the call went out to immigration attorneys in Los Angeles that Nora was…

Ninth Circuit Rejects Collateral Attack on Removal Orders https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gavel.jpg 132 93 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9f78b8734ffa56063114eceffbc84503c207d11c3fe4842fd7f451213c3be51?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 24, 2019 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
January 24, 2019

Ninth Circuit Rejects Collateral Attack on Removal Orders

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently published a decision upholding convictions for illegal reentry after removal despite the fact that the defendants were no longer removable as charged in their administrative proceedings. USA v. Martinez-Hernandez involves two men, Jose and Oscar, who entered the United States without authorization at a young age. …

USCIS Intensifies Focus on Denaturalization https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service-e1479248211302.jpg 3423 2743 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 14, 2018 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
December 14, 2018

USCIS Intensifies Focus on Denaturalization

Many people think that once they obtain U.S. citizenship through naturalization, their status as a U.S. citizen can never be lost. It will come as a surprise to some to learn that U.S. citizenship can in fact be taken away or revoked by the government under certain circumstances. And the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…

Obtaining a Waiver to the Trump Travel Ban https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Travel-Ban-Sept-25-2017.jpg 768 604 David Strashnoy David Strashnoy https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7cf976b16607a626756a168dfa3caccc461523e572bd4b65e1075d0fcf063f7f?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 14, 2018 June 4, 2019

David Strashnoy
December 14, 2018

Obtaining a Waiver to the Trump Travel Ban

On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of Travel Ban 3.0 in its consideration of Trump v. Hawaii. Travel Ban 3.0 indefinitely restricts and/or suspends travel of individuals from the following countries to the United States: Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. A waiver may be granted to…