U.S. Immigration Law

According to prosecutors, a man that admitted to being a Mexican citizen illegally living in the United States will probably be deported back to Mexico after he pleaded guilty to charges as part of a plea agreement. A very significant number of individuals are...

Many students come to the U.S. with high hopes of graduating from college and receiving a work visa. However, due to annual caps -- even those high-skilled workers -- find it difficult to be able to receive their visas.When looking at what the issue is, many...

Just announced last week, the Obama administration has made a change to immigration policy that will take effect March 4 of this year. This change will impact those individuals that are undocumented immigrants and that also are the spouse, parent or child of a U.S....

Becoming a United States citizen can be completely life changing for an immigrant. While most individuals obtain lawful permanent residency through naturalization after having an employment-based or family-based green card for five years, there are other manners in...

Recently, we detailed the plight of a father that was deported to Mexico and consequently fighting to maintain his parental rights and move his children to Mexico. While it does appear that this father will be successful in his pursuits -- after much work and...

Immigrants that are detained are not always deported. A non-citizen is typically detained when they are stopped at a worksite or in traffic, and charged with a crime. An individual can be deported because they are undocumented, overstayed their visa or abandoned their...

Last week we blogged on the plight of a father desperately fighting to maintain his parental rights after he was deported to Mexico in 2010 for being repeatedly ticketed in North Carolina. When the father was deported, his three sons were split up and placed in the...

When a parent is deported, the aftermath can devastate a family. In many instances, immigration officials will not even allow the deported parent to make arrangements for their children. A father of three young boys that was deported to Mexico after being stopped for...

A father of five children that reportedly never missed a day of work and regularly volunteered his time at a food distribution center since coming to the United States from Mexico is desperately seeking relief from deportation. Letters have poured in on behalf of the...

There are a number of individuals that currently work and live in Washington, D.C. thanks to a temporary worker visa. A man that exactly fit this description came to the United States eight years ago from Germany as a genomics researcher with high hopes of landing a...