Family Litigation Articles

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for Nicaraguans. Is Honduras Next? And Will Congress Finally Act? https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9f78b8734ffa56063114eceffbc84503c207d11c3fe4842fd7f451213c3be51?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 8, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
November 8, 2017

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for Nicaraguans. Is Honduras Next? And Will Congress Finally Act?

On November 6, 2017, Acting Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua. The DHS may designate TPS for a country due to ongoing war, environmental disaster or other extraordinary conditions that make it unsafe for individuals to return to their home country. A…

Countdown to DACA’s End – SGG Helps College Students Work on Last Renewals Due this Week 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 October 3, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
October 3, 2017

Countdown to DACA’s End – SGG Helps College Students Work on Last Renewals Due this Week

SGG responds in a crisis. Joyce Noche, Esq., a Senior Attorney and resident DACA expert who has been working with DACA students since day one and consulted with the Obama administration in DACA’s formation, worked one-on-one with individual DACA students at Cerritos College this past Friday. Joyce and Family & Removal Group Partner Heather L.…

CBS’s KNX 1070 Radio Award Winning Reporter Margaret Carrero Interviews SGG Family & Removal Group Partner Heather Poole on Consular Repeated Denials of Visitor Visas for Stem-Cell Transplant Donor https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/knx-logo.jpg 600 215 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 21, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
September 21, 2017

CBS’s KNX 1070 Radio Award Winning Reporter Margaret Carrero Interviews SGG Family & Removal Group Partner Heather Poole on Consular Repeated Denials of Visitor Visas for Stem-Cell Transplant Donor

SGG Attorney Heather Poole discusses US immigration factors that go into heartbreaking denials for B2 visitor visas, even when a relative in the U.S. is in desperate need of their relative’s aid, in September 20, 2017 “Dying Woman’s Sister Is Her Only Transplant Match, But Not Allowed In Country” story. Link:http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/09/20/womans-only-transplant-not-allowed-in-us/

The Best and Brightest – Our Attorneys 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 September 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
September 7, 2017

The Best and Brightest – Our Attorneys

SGG boasts some of the best and brightest legal talent in the industry. Our highly sought after attorneys do more than provide excellent service to our clients. They are also leaders in a multitude of professional associations: Elsie Arias: Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) EB-5 Committee; Chair, 2017 AILA EB-5 Conference Committee Tiffany Chang:…

SGG Litigation Team Completes Briefing for Detention Cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 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 September 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
September 7, 2017

SGG Litigation Team Completes Briefing for Detention Cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

SGG attorneys Helen Sklar, Amy Lenhert, and Taiyyeba Skomra have completed the briefing in the firm’s two pro bono cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Oral arguments will take place in December. In both cases, we argue that the rights of detained immigrants who showed signs of mental incompetency were…

Detained Immigrants: Less Likely to Hire an Attorney and More Likely to be Deported https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/administration-1846270_1920-e1493765885170.jpg 1651 1080 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9f78b8734ffa56063114eceffbc84503c207d11c3fe4842fd7f451213c3be51?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
September 7, 2017

Detained Immigrants: Less Likely to Hire an Attorney and More Likely to be Deported

The use of detention in the context of removal proceedings is on the rise. According to the Center for American Progress, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detains 400,000 individuals annually. With the increase of immigrant detention has come an increase in the use of private prisons. In 2005, 25% of immigrants in custody were…

A DUI Spells Trouble for Immigrants https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/people-2561226_1920.jpg 1920 1440 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ec6a7d74aa418b1d020307057eb5412fce7d240b623e94a9492a04df13b6915?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
September 7, 2017

A DUI Spells Trouble for Immigrants

Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) can be a devastating offense for an immigrant. Although a “simple” DUI (for example, Cal. Vehicle Code 21352) is not an offense that fits within any of the categories of crimes that makes a foreign national deportable, U.S. immigration authorities consider DUI a priority offense that triggers the…