Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump enacted several immigration policies that changed many lives. Notably, the Trump administration began to separate immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, a policy otherwise known as the “zero tolerance policy” or child separation. The zero tolerance policy started under a pilot program in 2017, and […]
Watch our video on need for an immigration attorney if you have a matter pending before the Immigration Service or Executive Office for Immigration Review/Immigration Court.
We recently wrote about the increases in U.S. immigration filing fees, set to take effect October 2, 2020. We even produced a Youtube video about it. And at Paschal Nwokocha & Chukwu, we have been working relentlessly to file our clients’ applications and petitions before the increase set in. We are happy to report that […]
Part 2 of 2. Just days before she died, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said to her granddaughter that “[her] most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.”[1] Despite her characteristic fervency, it appears that her dying wish will not be granted. As the country mourned Justice Ginsburg’s […]
Part 1 of 2. On Friday, September 18, 2020, the Supreme Court, and the world at large, lost a legal, cultural, and feminist icon. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, lionized for her prolonged battle to promote gender equality through the legal system, died from complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. She was 87. The Supreme […]
On Monday, September 14, 2020, a Federal appeals court ruled to uphold the Trump administration’s decision to end humanitarian protections for immigrants from 4 countries. These protections, granted under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, provide a stay of deportation and a work permit to citizens of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The decision […]
On August 3, 2020, USCIS confirmed that they would significantly overhaul their fee system. After months of dialogue, USCIS published the Final Rule which will take effect on October 2, 2020. These changes were instituted to ensure that USCIS will remain financially solvent through the economic downturn. The changes adjust fees by a weighted average […]