For a group making up just over 3% of the world’s population, international immigrants make a lot of headlines. Immigration is one of the hot topics of our times, and countries on every continent but Antarctica are conflicted over how to respond to the foreign-born individuals within their borders. Immigrants themselves face challenges adjusting to […]
This year has seen a flood of assaults on immigration laws, with the twin goals of slowing down the granting of immigration benefits as well as accelerating the rate of deportation. These goals have been accomplished not with new immigration laws passed by congress or by the President’s much publicized executive actions, but by policy […]
On 15, September 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is planning to dramatically ramp up surveillance of virtually anyone in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen by birth. The new rule goes into effect on October 18, 2017, the same day the newest version of the Trump travel […]
SUMMARY: Within his first week of office, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) that affects the Immigrant Community. The EO stated its goal to address the threats faced by the United States since the tragedies of September 11, 2001. President Trump entitled the EO “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United […]
The 2016 US Presidential Election will enter history as one of the most polarizing elections in in recent memory. Aside from the frequent and often times vicious attacks between the two candidates this year’s election also represents a stark contrast in policy views. It seems that our country has reached a point of reckoning, which […]
Following many years of litigation, we were finally able to re-unify a family after more than 5 years of separation. While our work typically involves re-unification of families separated across borders, occasionally a case captures the essence of our law firm reminding us in vivid terms why we do what we do. We recently experienced […]
On July 29, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security announced in the Federal Register an expansion of the provisional waiver of admissibility rules, which was originally announced in 2013. The rule allows individuals who are inadmissible in the United States based on accrual of unlawful presence to seek and secure a “provisional waiver” of the […]
In January 2016, attorneys and staff of Paschal Nwokocha Law Offices went on an intriguing trip to Cuba. We had great discussions with Esteban Morales Dominguez, the noted expert on race relations in Cuba. Mr. Morales has written a lot on the subject of race relations in Cuba. We also had the unique privilege of […]
In our last entry, we examined how the Irish, immigrants who initially were met with much resistance and prejudice upon their arrival to the United States, were able to eventually shed the negative connotations associated with their ethnicity and become a well-respected and integral people within their adopted country. As is well-documented, this transformation […]
With the 2016 election fast approaching, the topic of immigration has once again been thrust into the forefront of American politics. In an effort to gain the upper hand on their opponents, presidential candidates from across the country have each—some more loudly than others—offered many creative remedies for the current immigration “crisis.” Every American has […]