Tag: Immigration
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Non U.S. Citizens: Know What To Say & Who To Say It To
If you are an immigrant in this country, the path to becoming a citizen is long—but there are legal advocates who want to help you. As crimmigration attorneys, we don’t want you to make this journey harder by surrendering personal information unnecessarily. This may be the most important thing you read. Understand that you have…
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Don’t Leave Anything to Chance: Know What to Bring for Your Immigration Interview
At STERN Law, it is our responsibility to ensure our clients are prepared for their immigration interview with USCIS or other immigration agencies. This experience could be stressful if you’re not properly prepared for it, but by providing you with the right guidance and proper approach, we hope to alleviate some of that anxiety. Below…
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February 18 ICE Enforcement Priority Memo
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Biden’s Executive Orders: Change Is Coming
Within his first hours of office, President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders that, we hope, will push the country in a better direction. These orders moved to remove the harmful policies the Trump administration had in place that had created such turmoil in our country. Among these decisions, President Biden seeks to ensure our…
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Despite All Odds Never Giving Up
The Meaning of Perseverance On March 24, 1944, the Allied forces broke through the last 9 inches of dirt that separated them from remaining prisoners at Stalag Luft III — a German POW camp — and freedom. For a year, this tunnel had been carefully dug, but it was only one of three. The prisoners,…
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The ICE Deportation Enforcement Memo
A Major Shift in Deportation Policy On Feb. 18, 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a memorandum shifting their enforcement priorities involving deportation. This interim memo does a three main things: Identify priorities in who ICE should focus on for deportation Requires prior approval for any enforcement action that is outside of the…
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What to Wear to an Immigration Interview
What should you wear to an interview? A good rule of thumb is to dress as if you were going to a job interview in an office building, or as if you were meeting your partner’s family for the first time. In other words, something clean, comfortable and presentable that makes a good impression. You…
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“Returning Residents”: Have you Abandoned your Status?
Attention “Returning Residents”: Many U.S. lawful permanent residents travel freely to and from their home country, but beware: those who remain abroad for more than one (1) year without permission from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), are generally considered to have abandoned U.S. residency and are subject to loss of Lawful Permanent Resident…
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11th Circuit Chipping Away at Relief for Immigrants?
In removal (deportation) proceedings in Immigration Courts across the country, STERN Law and other immigration lawyers fight against anti-immigrant policies and laws every day. An example of such a policy is the southern states’ refusal to accept a criminal state court Judge’s ruling when it benefits the immigrant. Routinely, permanent residents and undocumented immigrants are…
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U.S. Supreme Court rules Padilla Not Retroactive
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions In Atlanta, and across the country, representing clients in immigration removal proceedings with criminal convictions can be tricky. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Chaidaz v. U.S., _____ U.S. _____ (2013), is bound to make things even trickier. Far too often, we come across the non-citizen client who has…