The outcome of the 2024 presidential election has brought immigration and citizenship into the national spotlight in a way we haven’t seen in years. Since his campaign, Donald Trump has made immigration his primary focus, promising sweeping reforms and a hardline approach. Now, as president-elect, he has vowed to start the process of deporting hundreds…
Read MoreThere are many questions about how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is processing applications amid the COVID 19 outbreak. Like many governmental agencies and businesses, USCIS has made some significant changes in the last few weeks in response to the outbreak. Given the nature of this crisis, the situation remains fluid, but thanks to…
Read MoreFollowing the crisis declared by President Obama last summer when tens of thousands of unaccompanied children crossed the border into the US and filled overflowing emergency detention centers, the administration established a priority juvenile docket or “rocket docket” to speed deportation proceeding. The Justice Department requires undocumented juveniles to make their first appearance within 21…
Read MoreNC Governor Pat McCrory recently signed into legislation a controversial new bill – House Bill 318 or the “Protect North Carolina Workers Act” — which supporters say will help local law enforcement agencies pursue undocumented immigrants but opponents claim will harm immigrants and businesses which rely on immigrant labor. Though Gov. McCrory did not speak…
Read MoreDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were disappointed by the recent ruling of U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Flores v. Johnson. Judge Gee ruled that the government’s detention of approximately 2,000 immigrant mothers and children in “family detention centers” in Texas violates an earlier immigration case settlement (Flores v.…
Read MorePresident Obama’s Deferred Action initiatives — a new initiative for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and his expansion for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — remain on hold due to a recent decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In November 2014, the president announced DAPA and an expansion of DACA via Executive…
Read MoreBelow is a Fact Sheet from the White House’s website about a new Executive Action that could assist nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. If you have questions about how this Executive Action might impact your immigration status, please contact DMPM’s immigration attorney, George Miller. FACT SHEET: IMMIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY EXECUTIVE ACTION The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions…
Read MoreAs a result of the amendment made to Rule 11(b) in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which took effect in December 2012, federal judges are now required to make defendants aware of the potential consequences, including those as severe as removal, of accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (no contest). Specifically, prior to sentencing,…
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