Family Litigation Articles

Ninth Circuit Significantly Expands the Benefits of the Child Status Protection Act https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg_.png 1200 1197 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9f78b8734ffa56063114eceffbc84503c207d11c3fe4842fd7f451213c3be51?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 1, 2018 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
March 1, 2018

Ninth Circuit Significantly Expands the Benefits of the Child Status Protection Act

In 2002, Congress passed the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), which can potentially help children who turn 21 while their immigration case is pending or while they are still in the immigration process and can no longer be classified as a “child” for immigration purposes. The CSPA contains a number of different, sometimes complicated rules. …

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for El Salvador https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 16, 2018 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
January 16, 2018

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for El Salvador

There are over 200,000 El Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States who have established deep family, community and employment ties who will soon lose their lawful immigration status. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination designation for El Salvador on January 8, 2018. TPS is a temporary form of…

Attorney General Likely to Order Immigration Judges to Reopen Administratively Closed Deportation Cases https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hammer-620011_1920.jpg 1920 1440 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 16, 2018 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
January 16, 2018

Attorney General Likely to Order Immigration Judges to Reopen Administratively Closed Deportation Cases

For many years, Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) have relied on a tool called “administrative closure” to manage their heavy case load and to ensure just and fair outcomes in the cases before them. When a case is administratively closed, it is temporarily removed from the active court docket. Administrative closure…

SGG Wins Cases Appealed to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Advocating for Mentally Incompetent’s Right to Appointed Counsel https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg_.png 1200 1197 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ec6a7d74aa418b1d020307057eb5412fce7d240b623e94a9492a04df13b6915?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 8, 2018 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
January 8, 2018

SGG Wins Cases Appealed to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Advocating for Mentally Incompetent’s Right to Appointed Counsel

In January 2017, SGG accepted two cases from the Ninth Circuit’s pro bono program involving detainees whose mental competency to represent themselves in immigration proceedings was in question. SGG Attorneys Amy Lenhert, Helen A. Sklar, and Taiyyeba Skomra worked together on these cases, and we are pleased to report that we won both. After…

Not A U.S. Citizen? Just Say No To Even “Legal” Marijuana. https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/marijuana-3065621_960_720.jpg 960 599 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 8, 2018 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
January 8, 2018

Not A U.S. Citizen? Just Say No To Even “Legal” Marijuana.

On January 1, 2018, the State of California officially legalized the recreational use of marijuana under Prop 64. The recreational use of marijuana is now legal in the District of Columbia, California, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Maine, and Massachusetts. Another 21 states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, federal law…

Waiver of Crimes Keeps Military Family Together https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/army-958204_1920.jpg 1920 1416 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
December 7, 2017

Waiver of Crimes Keeps Military Family Together

“Timothy” and “Jean,” a same-sex couple, came to SGG for help with obtaining permanent residency for Jean. Jean is a successful scientist who had petty theft convictions that were committed over a decade ago. Because of these convictions, he was found to be “inadmissible,” unable to remain in the United States and obtain lawful permanent residency…

Bond Hearings: The Detainee’s Financial Ability to Pay https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg_.png 1200 1197 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ec6a7d74aa418b1d020307057eb5412fce7d240b623e94a9492a04df13b6915?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
December 7, 2017

Bond Hearings: The Detainee’s Financial Ability to Pay

When a foreign national is detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement, the detainee normally may request a bond hearing before an immigration judge in Immigration Court. The judge may grant bond if the person is not subject to mandatory detention. Mandatory detention applies to people with certain crimes or who are applying for admission at…