Happy St. Paddy‘s Day from the Family and Removal team at SGG!
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Andrew Grzegorek
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Family Litigation Articles
Ninth Circuit Significantly Expands the Benefits of the Child Status Protection Act
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Amy Lenhert
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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. …
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Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for El Salvador
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Andrew Grzegorek
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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…
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Attorney General Likely to Order Immigration Judges to Reopen Administratively Closed Deportation Cases
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Andrew Grzegorek
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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…
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SGG Wins Cases Appealed to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Advocating for Mentally Incompetent’s Right to Appointed Counsel
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Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
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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…
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Not A U.S. Citizen? Just Say No To Even “Legal” Marijuana.
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Andrew Grzegorek
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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…
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Waiver of Crimes Keeps Military Family Together
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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…
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