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First, a small victory. There was a lawsuit filed to force USCIS to produce work permit cards. USCIS had been approving the applications for work permit, but had not been sending the physical cards. Finally, parties filed a lawsuit, and the Court agreed that USCIS must produce the cards in a timely manner and send […]

Looks like the USCIS furlough is off the table. USCIS will avert an administrative furlough of more than 13,000 employees, scheduled to begin Aug. 30. This step is being taken because of, as USCIS explains, “unprecedented spending cuts and a steady increase in daily incoming revenue and receipts.” USCIS also warned that these cuts “come […]

AILA and several other advocacy organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging the final rule that drastically increases the cost of applying for immigration benefits, including naturalization and asylum. The lawsuit claims that the increase in fees is arbitrary and unreasonable to low income immigrants forcing them to give up valuable rights simply due to lack […]

I want to start off by highlighting a few Ninth Circuit cases that came down that are helpful to asylum seekers. The first is CARLA PATRICIA DAVILA v WILLIAM BAR. This case is interesting because it deals with, among other issues, two situations that come up regularly in court cases dealing with domestic violence. The […]