Phone: 312-714-2800
-
Recent Posts
- Immigration backlogs August 2, 2023
- Expunging, sealing criminal records, Illinois January 5, 2023
- Relief Application Waived if Not Filed by IJ’s Deadline, BIA Rules September 11, 2020
- BIA Precedent Decisions Volume 27 (3887 – 3984) Executive Office for Immigration Review 2017-2020 September 11, 2020
- CA7 finds that a deficient immigration court notice does not strip the immigration courts of authority to preside over the resulting removal proceedings May 22, 2019
Archives
Categories
RSS Feed
Links
Tweets
- Former teacher sentenced to 36 years in prison for child sexual exploitation after HSI Chicago-led investigation vi… https://t.co/KosmBAphVr 2 years
- Florida federal judge's border decision 'very harmful,' Mayorkas says - POLITICO https://t.co/J1t37ZhcYX 2 years
- New ICE program will put families under home curfew, deport those who fail asylum screenings - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/ENy1wj5nqH 2 years
- A Post-Title 42 US/Mexico Border https://t.co/XxEKPR1szC 2 years
- Immigration Article of the Day: Forced Back into the Lion's Mouth: Per Se Reporting Requirements in U.S. Asylum Law… https://t.co/tLhgEZdnNN 2 years
- From the Bookshelves: Green Card Soldier by Sofya Aptekar https://t.co/Fe9Fnk0MV5 2 years
-
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Illinois IDs and driver’s licenses will still be accepted at airports until Jan. 22, 2018
Illinois IDs will still be accepted at airports. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White sent out a press release today noting that Illinois drivers licenses and state ID cards will remain acceptable forms of identification. The release noted, “The Department … Continue reading
Posted in Illinois driver’s licenses
Leave a comment
CA7 finds BIA improperly used de novo standard instead of clear error standard in deferral of removal
In removal proceeding in which alien (native of Honduras) argued that he was entitled to withholding of removal and CAT relief based on claim that he experienced police torture in Honduras in 1994, Ct. of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review … Continue reading
CA7 remands Mexican deferral of removal under CAT
Ct. of Appeals remanded case back of Bd. of Immigration Appeals upon govt.’s motion for said remand for purpose of allowing Bd. to reconsider its denial of alien’s eligibility for deferral of removal under CAT, where alien alleged that removal … Continue reading
DHS and DOJ Issue Guidance for Employers Conducting Internal Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Audits
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices Guidance for Employers Conducting Internal Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Audits (PDF) The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Civil … Continue reading
CA7 and CAT relief for Mexican national “deadbeat and informer,” tortured at behest of Zetas cartel
In Rodriguez-Molinero v. Lynch, 2015 WL 9239398 (7th Cir. 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted a petition for review in favor of a citizen of Mexico who was denied protection under the Convention Against Torture … Continue reading