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Biden and Congress Need to Act in 2021
To Keep Immigrant Families Together

President-Elect Biden and Congress have the opportunity to act on an important, if much overlooked, immigration issue in 2021. The passage of a simple amendment could prevent thousands of family members who follow the law from being separated for years, decades or even a lifetime through no fault of their own. Generally, when a person […]

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Biden Immigration Plan
7 Important Take-Aways

The Biden Immigration Plan would restore and improve our current immigration system. On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed a number of Executive Orders reversing some of Trump’s immigration policies. Some of these changes can be implemented within the first 100 days of the Biden Presidency, others must be passed by both the House of […]

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THE BIDEN PLAN FOR SECURING OUR VALUES
AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

The following are President-Elect Joe Biden’s plans for reforming and restoring our country’s immigration system. It is taken directly from his website. We have added a number of internal links to better inform our readers. It is a moral failing and a national shame when a father and his baby daughter drown seeking our shores. […]

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Immigration and the Pandemic
Trump’s New Policy Will Increase Deaths

 When Donald Trump ran for President in 2016, he repeatedly criticized President Obama for implementing DACA without going through Congress. In 2017, President Trump tweeted “Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!” Ironically, President Trump, who has made immigration a centerpiece of his political agenda, has almost completely bypassed Congress and continues […]

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USCIS Filing Fees to Rise

USCIS filing fees were scheduled to go up dramatically on October 2, 2020. However, the filing fee increase is currently blocked in Federal Court. For persons who are applying for naturalization to become U.S. citizens, the filing fee will be raised over 80% from $640 to $1,170. This will, no doubt, make it too expensive […]

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May Visa Bulletin
Good News or Bad News for Immigrants?

The May Visa Bulletin was issued on April 24, 2020, the day after the President’s Executive Order greatly restricted family-based immigration and some employment-based immigration to the United States. Employment Categories in the May Visa Bulletin In the May Visa Bulletin, the forward movement in the worldwide employment categories varies widely. The worldwide EB-1 category, […]

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Executive Order Suspends US Immigration for 60+ Days
Who is Exempt?

An Executive Order suspending US immigration was issued by the White House on April 22, 2020.  The order would reduce immigration to the United States by approximately one-third. The stated rationale for the executive order is that since the COVID-19 pandemic has so far resulted in over 22 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits, reducing […]

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Immigration Blog 2018

Immigration Blog 2018 Former INS Trial Attorney Carl Shusterman (1976-82) has been writing blog posts about immigration laws and policies for many years. He hopes that the information contained in these blog posts is helpful and informative to immigrants and immigration attorneys alike. December The Day That Could Ruin Your Life – February 5, 2019 […]

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Adios Ann Coulter

Given all the recent immigrant-bashing by politicians hungry for votes, I could not stop myself from reading a new book entitled “Adios America” by Ann Coulter in which she sets out to convince us that immigration is destroying our country. A more apt title for her book would be “Keep America White!” To her, immigration […]

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President Signs LIFE Amendments Into Law

On December 21, 2000, President Clinton, unable to get his LIFA amendments through Congress, signed the Republican-sponsored LIFE amendments into law. AILA has an excellent summary of the LIFE Amendments. The LIFA amendments would have been a boon to immigrants, advancing the registry date to 1986, permanently restoring section 245(I) to the law, and granting […]

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