‘Habitual Drinkers’ Can Be Deported

By |2017-05-31T20:30:33+00:00May 31st, 2017|Immigration Law|

Recently there have been some issues arising regarding DUI charges and an individual's immigration status.  Unauthorized immigrants who are "habitual drunkards" cannot challenge their deportations on grounds of family hardship, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, rejecting an earlier decision that had declared such legal objections unconstitutional. Federal law allows immigrants who entered the country [...]

Thieves Use Homeland Security Phone Number To Steal Identities

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00April 20th, 2017|Criminal Law, Immigration Law|

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Scam artists have taken their identity theft to the next level.  They are calling victims across the country claiming that they work for "U.S. Immigration," asking for personal information, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general warned. The scam artists are using a technique known as spoofing, which basically means they alter their [...]

US Ending ‘Wet Foot, Dry Foot’ Policy for Cubans

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00January 13th, 2017|Immigration Law|

Wet Foot, Dry Foot Washington - President Barack Obama is ending the established "wet foot, dry foot policy" that permits Cubans to enter to the United States without a visa to become permanent residents, the administration declared Thursday. "By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants equally as we have a tendency to treat [...]

Immigration Applications Have Been Updated

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00January 4th, 2017|Immigration Law|

Immigration attorney - Rivera Law Offices As of December 23, 2016 the United States Immigration and Customs (USCIS) has updated the Immigration Applications.  Not only have they updated the applications, but they have also raised their application fees.  USCIS has published an updated list of all of the fees and costs for the cases. USCIS [...]

TPS Extended for Nepal

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00October 27th, 2016|Immigration Law|

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Temporary Protected Status is not given to the citizens of every country. The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate for a country to be eligible for TPS under the following conditions: •Ongoing armed conflicts •An environmental disaster (such as an earthquake or hurricane), or an epidemic •Other extraordinary and temporary conditions [...]

From Migrant Farmworker to Judge: Ness Flores Is Pathbreaker for Latino Lawyers

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00October 12th, 2016|Criminal Law, Immigration Law|

Migrant Working Family Flores was born in the great state of Texas; his father was a Texan and his mother was a Mexican. He grew up in a very segregated community in southern Texas, approximately 15 miles from the Mexican border. He spoke only Spanish until he started school at 7 years old. His father [...]

USCIC to Resume Regular Removals to Haiti

By |2016-09-23T13:54:18+00:00September 23rd, 2016|Immigration Law|

Haitian Nationals In The U.S. After the Earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, U.S Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) temporarily ceased removing Haitians from the United States. Yesterday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted a press release explaining that on September 21, 2016 the DOHS decided to  resume the regular removal of Haitian [...]

Cuban Rafter Is Charged With Assault

By |2016-09-19T19:49:39+00:00September 19th, 2016|Criminal Law, Immigration Law|

What happened that day? On June 25, eleven Cubans on an old wooden boat tried to reach South Florida, as three law enforcement agencies chased them down at sea. In the air there was a chopper recording everything; showing the rest of the world what happened that day. Before the immigrants could make it to land, [...]

How Is Our Government Treating Immigrants?

By |2024-06-21T20:19:43+00:00August 22nd, 2016|Immigration Law|

Freezing, Overcrowded, and Filthy CBP Cells Last week different sources publicly announced some of the horrors that immigrants go through in Border Patrol facilities. These immigrants were put in freezing concrete cells and given Mylar Sheets to keep them warm. These confinement cells were overcrowded and filthy with garbage, dirt, and even human waste! The [...]

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