Category Archives: USCIS Updates

TPS extension for Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Haitians

November 22, 2011 – 1:32 pm

On November 4, 2011, USCIS announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduran and Nicaraguan TPS beneficiaries. TPS allows beneficiaries to remain lawfully in the United States, for a designated period of time, with an Employment Authorization Document.  Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans is extended for 18 months, from its current expiration date [...]

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The realities of the new Obama Policy

September 19, 2011 – 6:05 am

The American Immigration Lawyers Association has produced a must-read document in response to Obama’ new administration’s policy directive on all individuals currently in deportation proceedings.  The documents are available in english and spanish.
AILA advisory memo (english) consumer-warning-for-dhs-annoucement-2011-08-181-eng
AILA advisory memo (spanish) consumer-warning-for-dhs-annoucement-2011-08-18-span

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U.S. Temporarily Suspends Policy of Deporting Widows of Citizens

June 19, 2009 – 7:04 am

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June 10, 2009
By MIRIAM JORDAN - The Wall Street Journal
The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it is temporarily freezing a policy of deporting widows and widowers of U.S. citizens, a sign of the Obama administration’s interest in new approaches to immigration.
Only a few hundred people were at risk of deportation under the policy, but [...]

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