As of February 24, 2020, all applications for Adjustment of Status will be subject to the enhanced Public Charge Rule after a rule by the U.S. Supreme Court on January
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Understanding the Trump Administration’s Executive Order on Family Separation and Hurdles to Parent/Children Reunification
In April 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “zero-tolerance policy” administered by CBP and ICE to criminally prosecute every adult who illegally crossed the border, or tried to…
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Evenwel v. Abbott: What “One Person – One Vote” Means
Ashe Puri writes:
On March 15, 2016, I hosted a program for the South Asian Bar Association-Southern California at Fox Rothschild on a case pending before the United States Supreme…
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US Supreme Court to Consider Immigration Executive Action, DAPA Challenge
This week, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge to President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action regarding the exercise “prosecutorial discretion” for certain undocumented parents of US citizen children. …
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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional – Same-Sex Couples Can Now Apply for Immigration Benefits
As you have probably already heard, yesterday (Wednesday, June 26, 2013) the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) is unconstitutional, which means that same-sex couples who…
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