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A ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on November 30, 2020, upheld the New York Green Light Law in response to a lawsuit filed by a county clerk in 2019. Michael Kearns, the Clerk of Erie County, New York, claimed in his legal action that he would be personally...Read More

A number of Big Tech companies have already expressed their desire to work with President-elect Biden to reverse many of the immigration policies put in place by the Trump administration. These policies have been unnecessarily harsh on immigrants and have created difficulties for these companies in finding the skilled workers they need to compete effectively...Read More

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed getting rid of the current H-1B visa program in favor of a system that would require higher wages for immigrant workers and would limit the ability of companies to invest in these visas for their available positions. According to DHS, the proposed changes to the H-1B...Read More

Help from a New York Work Visa Attorney The latest restrictions on H-1B visas put in place by the Trump administration will likely cause serious negative effects for the U.S. economy over the next few years. Economic experts believe that this could stifle productivity and innovation that could potentially create thousands of jobs and could...Read More

New York immigration attorney, Frieda Goldstein has once again been featured in New York’s Resident Magazine.  This time she discusses immigration in the age of corona. Read more from Resident MagazineRead More

A recent rally in Queens demonstrates the concerns of many Americans about the overreaching and harsh enforcement techniques used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. Protesters met in Jackson Heights at Roosevelt Avenue near Broadway and held up signs and medical gowns to express their displeasure with recent actions by the immigration...Read More

A court ruling handed down on September 14, 2020, could spell the end of temporary protected status (TPS) for many immigrants who came to the United States after disasters or economic and political unrest drove them from their home countries. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California decided to lift the block on...Read More

On August 25, 2020, Senior U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not doing enough to comply with an injunction put in place by the federal court in March 2020. The injunction was issued in response to a case brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the...Read More

Help from a New York Immigration Detention Lawyer Even though he was pardoned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in February 2020, Ousman Darboe continues to be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in defiance of the governor’s order. Darboe had been taken into custody in 2017 after he was accused of stealing two...Read More

Determining your eligibility for a work visa can be challenging. Understanding the various types of New York work visas will help you decide on the right approach to obtain a green card. Your work visa can provide you with the opportunity to live and work legally in the United States. Making the right choices can...Read More