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Deportation and Removal Blog

  • Sep 1, 2010 10:04 am
    Immigration Court Victory after Third Trial My firm just had an interesting immigration court victory that I thought I would share. The case was handled by my Partner, and father, Robert D. Kolken. Our client is a Canadian businessman. Twenty-five years ago when he was 18, he was convicted of a minor crime in Canada, notwithstanding the fact that the crime was actually committed by his friend and was reported to the police by our client. His sentence was a small fine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed that the conviction was a crime involving moral turpitude which barred him from the United States. At this... Continue reading >>
  • Sep 1, 2010 7:30 am
    Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) Criticizes Obama Administration's decision to classify Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, as a "human rights abuse" on a report to the U.N. Continue reading >>
  • Aug 31, 2010 9:29 am
    Feds file second suit against State of Arizona: this time they allege discrimination The Washington Post has reported that on Monday the Obama administration filed a second lawsuit against the State of Arizona. This suit alleges that Arizona colleges have violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by requiring approximately 250 non-citizen job applicants to provide additional proof of their eligibility to work in the United States. Click here to read the Washington Post article. Continue reading >>
  • Aug 29, 2010 9:24 am
    Detaining immigrants is big business in Oklahoma I just came across this article about the business of detaining immigrants in the State of Oklahoma. Vallery Brown reports that the detention of undocumented immigrants generates millions of dollars for counties in Oklahoma. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Carl Rusnok has indicated that most of the 293,000 non-U.S. citizens that the Obama administration has removed in the first seven months of 2010 were at some point held in a jail or immigration detention center. On any given day ICE has 33,400 immigrants in detention. Approximately 45 percent of ICE's $5.7 billion budget is allocated to the detention... Continue reading >>
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Immigration Blog

  • Sep 1, 2010
    Immigration Court Victory after Third Trial Our client is a Canadian businessman. Twenty-five (25) years ago when he was 18, he was convicted of a minor crime in Canada, notwithstanding the fact that the crime was actually committed by his friend and was reported to the police by our client. His sentence was a small fine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed that the conviction was a crime involving moral turpitude which barred him from the United States. At this point we were Continue reading >>
  • Aug 26, 2010
    Deportation Prevented, Client Able to Retain Social Security Benefits Our client is a citizen of Canada, People’s Republic of China and overseas citizen of the United Kingdom. Eight years ago she became a lawful permanent resident of the United States. Two years ago she decided to retire, and has been traveling the world, making Hong Kong her home base while living with her daughter. After a two year absence from the United States, she attempted to be admitted from Canada for a short visit. Immigration Court Continue reading >>
  • Aug 9, 2010
    L-1 granted at Canadian border with waiver. Our client is a Canadian citizen. He is a 50% owner of a small business in Canada and a 50% owner of a small business in the United States. We obtained L-1A Executive Intracompany Transferee Status on his behalf to act as manager of the U. S. business. Unfortunately, he is temporarily inadmissible to the U. S. because he accumulated unlawful presence when he was previously in the United States. In order for him to be admissible in L-1A Continue reading >>
  • Jul 28, 2010
    Deportation avoided despite inadmissibility of client Our client is a citizen of Bulgaria. He became a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 1997. Unfortunately, he never lived here and has only entered the United States since that time as a visitor. During a recent inspection when he was applying for admission, it was discovered by USCBP that his primary residence and business was located in Bulgaria. As a result, Immigration Court proceedings were instituted against him to Continue reading >>
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U.S. Immigration News

  • Sep 2, 2010
    Editorial: Don't be fooled by immigration decline "The estimated number of illegal immigrants in the United States sank by nearly a million to 11.1 million from 2007 to 2009, suggesting that the tide has turned in efforts to fix the nation's broken immigration system. Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform already are claiming that new migration statistics from the Pew Hispanic Center vindicate their position that tougher enforcement, not reform, is the solution. There's no disputing Continue reading >>
  • Sep 2, 2010
    Supervisors OK $1.6M to Arpaio for immigration enforcement "Sheriff Joe Arpaio will get his $1.6 million in state money for his immigration-enforcement funds, after all. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted to accept the funding, two weeks after they pulled the matter from the agenda amid concerns over financial accountability within Arpaio's office." Click here for more of this US immigration news update. Continue reading >>
  • Sep 2, 2010
    Immigration agency ponders S.F. opt-out request "U.S. immigration officials said Wednesday they will consider San Francisco's request to opt out of the controversial Secure Communities program that makes it easier for federal authorities to track down and deport undocumented immigrants. Until now, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, has rebuffed San Francisco's contention that participation in the program is voluntary. San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey, a Continue reading >>
  • Sep 2, 2010
    Poll: Ariz. voters favor immigration enforcement "PHOENIX — A poll released Wednesday found that an overwhelming majority of Arizona voters support the types of provisions that are at the heart of a national debate involving the state's immigration law. The survey conducted on behalf of Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy found 81 percent of registered voters approved of requiring people to produce documents that show they're in the country legally. It found Continue reading >>
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