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  • May 14, 2012
    L-1A Executive Approved Despite Criminal History without a Waiver in One-Hour Our client is a Canadian citizen. He is the owner of a Canadian trucking company, and is in the process of starting a U.S. trucking company to compliment his Canadian business. The U.S. business requires his hands-on presence at this time. He hired us so that he would be able to work legally in the United States. He disclosed to us that he had been convicted of two relatively minor offenses in Canada a few years ago, both arising out of the Continue reading >>
  • May 1, 2012
    Nonimmigrant Waiver Approved in Only 44 Days Our client is a Canadian citizen. He is inadmissible for life because he reentered the United States without inspection after he had been ordered deported by an Immigration Judge. He has now resided in Canada for more than ten years. He has family in the United States that he would like to visit. We were retained and prepared an Application for a Nonimmigrant Waiver of Inadmissibility, along with a legal brief and appropriate supporting Continue reading >>
  • Apr 19, 2012
    Three Trade NAFTA Management Consultant Approvals We were retained by a large international law firm to represent three Canadian citizens who were offered management consultant positions with a large U.S. consulting firm. We reviewed each of the Applicant’s credentials, advised the law firm concerning the documentation necessary for the approval of the applications, prepared each applicant for inspection at the border, and appeared with them when they presented their applications. Each Continue reading >>
  • Apr 13, 2012
    Initial Fraud Determination at Border Reversed by Immigration Judge, Client Admitted to US Our client is a Canadian citizen. He is a well qualified management consultant to the computer industry. Previously, it had been determined by the Department of Homeland Security that he was inadmissible to the United States for fraud and misrepresentation. This ground of inadmissibility constitutes a lifetime bar to United States entry. At this point we were hired. After review, we disagreed with the Government’s determination. Because the Continue reading >>
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U.S. Immigration News

  • May 17, 2012
    Immigration: ACLU alleges rights violations at detention centers "Suspected illegal immigrants in Georgia are suffering from a “systemic violation ... of civil and human rights” during their confinement in “substandard” federal immigration detention facilities, including Stewart Detention Center, the largest of its kind in the nation, according to a new report by the state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The 182-page report, released Wednesday, immediately added fuel to the hot-burning Continue reading >>
  • May 17, 2012
    Alabama amends immigration law "The Alabama legislature approved Wednesday changes to the state’s controversial immigration law - keeping key portions intact while adding a new provision to publish the names of undocumented immigrants who appear in court, regardless of the trial’s outcome, according to reports. The state’s House and Senate approved changes to the law that would require the Department of Homeland Security to post a list of undocumented immigrants who appeared Continue reading >>
  • May 16, 2012
    Ill. congressman leads rally in support of immigrant facing deportation "Hundreds rallied outside a Charlotte immigration court Tuesday morning, trying to prevent a South Carolina man from being deported. Gabino Sanchez faces deportation after being arrested nine times for driving without a license. Inside, a judge scheduled an individual hearing for Sanchez, for early next year." Click here for more of this US immigration news update. Continue reading >>
  • May 16, 2012
    New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) Assails Romney's Immigration Views "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martínez, mentioned on occasion as a possible running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is mincing no words in voicing her opinion of his immigration views. In an interview with Newsweek, Martínez was unusually outspoken on immigration, in particular about Romney’s support of enforcement policies that would make undocumented immigrants so miserable that they will opt for self-deportation. Continue reading >>
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