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Pair Denied Entry into the United States Due to Tweets

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:53:11 +0000

Last week Leigh Van Bryan, 26, and Emily Bunting, 24, were detained at the Los Angeles International Airport and had their passports confiscated because of what Van Bryan tweeted a week before traveling to the US.

Apparently Van Bryan had the bright idea of tweeting “[f]ree this week [...]

VISIT-USA Act Would Give Home Buyers a 3-Year Visa

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:22:12 +0000

With the slump in the economy and the poor housing market, Senator Charles Schumer, a democrat and Senator Mike Lee, a Republican, have come up with a bill that just might help. The goal is to spur demand in the U.S. housing market by offering foreign purchasers of homes [...]

California Dream Act Makes Illegal Immigrants Eligible for Scholarships

Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq. — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:54:25 +0000

Illegal Immigrants Eligible for State-Funded Scholarships: California Dream or Fiscal Nightmare?

Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law the second part of what is being referred to as the California Dream Act. This installment makes students who are in the state, presumably the country, illegally, eligible to receive financial aid. [...]

Federal Judge Enjoins Alabama Immigration Law

Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq. — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:49:54 +0000

Federal Judge Halts Implementation of New Alabama Immigration Law

Last week, Judge Sharon Blackburn, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, granted the injunction, for one month, stating that more time was needed in order to [...]

ACLU Sues to Stop the Shackling of Alleged Illegal Immigrants

Sarah Lindquist, Esq. — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:15:31 +0000

A policy that allows immigrants to remain chained up to 12 hours on the day they are due in court is being challenged in San Francisco by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other public interest groups. The ACLU is seeking to stop the practice by which illegal immigrants are shackled at the feet, [...]

Deportations To Be Cancelled

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:17:51 +0000

Today the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that they will stop deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis. The focus will be to deport criminals and people who have shown no regard for immigration laws and not on illegal immigrants that came to the US as young children [...]

Do Illegal Immigrants with U.S. Born Children Ever Get Deported?

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:00:48 +0000

I was reading an interesting blog last night about immigration myths and facts and the topic of children being born in the United State to illegal immigrants came up. There is a common misconception that an illegal immigrant can just have a baby in the United States and [...]

Beware! US Green Card Lottery Scam

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:38:08 +0000

I received an email from a friend over the weekend that is of great concern. She and her husband received an email from what appeared to be the U.S. Department of State. The email states that she was selected as a winner of the Diversity Visa Program.

“Dear [...]

EB-5 – The “Million Dollar” Visa

Shannon Blanchard, Esq. — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:06:48 +0000

EB-5 Background

The Immigration Act of 1990 created the EB-5 visa petition, and in essence, answers the investors’ goal of permanent residency in the most direct route. The investor, their spouse and all unmarried children under the age of 21 enter the United States as conditional residents under the I-526 [...]

Judge Prohibits Controversial Georgia Immigration Law

Mark Sweet, Esq — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:30:48 +0000

A federal judge has preliminarily prohibited Georgia from enacting an immigration law known as HB 87. HB 87, was deemed to have overstepped state authority and may open the door to racial profiling of minorities.

What Was The Georgia Immigration Law?

The controversial immigration law would have authorized police to inquire about [...]