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Help from a New York EB-5 Visa Lawyer A rule change published on July 24, 2019, by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and expected to go into effect on November 21, 2019, will change the way in which the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is managed. This alteration to the existing rule set is likely...Read More

New York Immigration Raids The wide-scale immigration raids promised by the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have largely failed to materialize. However, at least two instances of New York immigration raids were reported on Saturday, July 13, 2019, in the Manhattan and the Brooklyn boroughs. ICE agents were unable to gain entry...Read More

On July 2, 2019, New York residents joined forces with other advocates nationwide to attend rallies demanding that the U.S. government stop the wholesale detention of immigrants in this country. More than 450 people showed up at Close the Camps rallies that were held in four locations around the New York City area. More than...Read More

President Trump, in what has become his normal way to communicate with his constituency, made a Twitter post on June 17, 2019, that announced a round of mass arrests of immigrant families expected to begin almost immediately. This Tweet is characteristic of Trump’s governing style, which basically amounts to shooting from the hip in his...Read More

On June 12, 2019, the New York State Assembly voted to pass the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, which is often referred to as the Green Light Bill. This puts the ball squarely in the court of the State Senate, which is unlikely to pass the bill without extensive discussion and compromise. The bill...Read More

Our client was a citizen of Jamaica. USCIS found that she entered into a marriage with a United States citizen that was primarily to evade the immigration laws. She was placed in removal proceedings in the New York immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. We represented her during her removal proceedings and convinced the Immigration...Read More

Our client, a native and citizen of Guyana, is a lawful permanent resident who was arrested and convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Larceny, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371.  As a result, he was placed in removal proceedings.  The DHS prosecutor argued that the conviction was for a fraud crime where the loss is...Read More

New York ICE Detention Attorney Well over 200 undocumented immigrants who were detained near the U.S. border with Mexico have been transferred to correctional facilities operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the New York counties of Hudson, Orange and Bergen. This represents a new development in the handling of undocumented immigrants, who are...Read More

Latest New York Immigration Policies The most recent initiative announced by President Donald Trump regarding immigration will include added security at U.S. borders and will boost the requirements for immigrants coming to this country legally to work and live. Immigrants will soon be required to demonstrate marketable skills and to pass an English-language proficiency examination...Read More

Hiring a New York Deportation Lawyer Immigration advocates and local officials alike are up in arms about a recent change in the immigration policies of New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio added seven new crimes to the list of those considered grounds for cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), up from 170 to...Read More