A new policy that began this month makes it easier for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to deny visas and other immigration benefits. USCIS is no longer required to request more evidence that could complete an application or notify the applicant that it intends to deny the application. This policy overturns a 2013 policy that…
Immigration Attorney Sophie Alcorn explains why Trump’s Executive Order banning visa holders, lawful permanent residents, and refugees, is a bad idea. This order applies to people who who hold passports from the countries of Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq and Sudan. President Trump’s executive order is a thinly veiled effort to ban and scapegoat…
I took an immigration case in June through my volunteer work with the Mesa Verde Pro Bono Project. I’m thrilled to report that last week an immigration court judge granted asylum to my West African client. Akosua was released from the detention facility where she’s been incarcerated since spring. She joined her relatives living on the…