Law Offices of Sergio A. Saravia

03/10/2020

A federal court ruled that senior Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli served illegally last year in a position overseeing immigration and invalidated a change to asylum policy put in place during that time. See more about the judge’s decision:

A federal court ruled that senior Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli served illegally last year in a position overseeing immigration and invalidated a change to asylum policy put in place during that time. The judge determined that President Trump tried to bypass the Federal Vacancies Reform....

03/10/2020

To speed up deportations and discourage the arrival of immigrants, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an arm of the Justice Department, has recently proposed asking immigrants to pay a greater share of costs to seek asylum ($50) or appeal a deportation ruling ($1,000).

To speed up deportations and discourage the arrival of immigrants, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an arm of the Justice Department, has recently proposed asking immigrants to pay a greater share of costs to seek asylum ($50) or appeal a deportation ruling ($1,000) In addition, the U.S....

03/09/2020

Federal Judge rules Kenneth T. Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services:

A federal court ruled that senior Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli served illegally last year in a position overseeing immigration and invalidated a change to asylum policy put in place during that time. The judge determined that President Trump tried to bypass the Federal Vacancies Reform....

03/06/2020

Civil liberties groups are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency they claim has been illegally keeping the immigrants it arrests in the New York jails while they await a court hearing.

Civil liberties groups are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) an agency they claim has been illegally keeping the immigrants it arrests in the New York jails while they await a court hearing. Their claim alleges that under the Trump administration, ICE’s New York field office is holdi...

03/03/2020

USCIS has just issued a new clarification to its Continuity of Residence requirement for immigrants seeking Naturalization. The guidance states that any absence of more than 6-month (but less than a year) will be considered a break in continuous residence.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has just issued a new clarification to its Continuity of Residence requirement for those immigrants seeking Naturalization. The guidance states that any absence of more than 6-month (but less than a year) will be considered a break in continued resid...

02/28/2020

An excerpt from Warsan Shire’s “Conversations about home (at a deportation centre).” Her piece gives a voice to refugees everywhere and sheds light on the crisis before us.

02/26/2020

Immigrants have the greatest economic effort in New York - and they always have.

Immigrants love New York — they always have. And they are having the greatest economic effect here, out of all the states, according to a new report. The WalletHub study compared the economic impac…

02/25/2020

In a blow to green card holders in Illinois, the US Supreme court allows Trump’s public charge rule to move forward:

The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Friday night when it overturned an Illinois state injunction and allowed the Federal government to move ahead with its plan to deny green cards to immigrants who are on, or are likely to take advantage of, public programs....

02/24/2020

It turns out Greyhound Bus Lines did NOT have to allow immigration checks on their busses:

Bus transportation companies, such as Greyhound, do not have to allow Border Patrol agents onboard their busses to conduct routine checks for undocumented immigrants, despite Greyhound’s insistence that it has no choice but to do so. Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus carrier, has permitted Pat...

02/21/2020

A high school senior held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than four months has been released – thanks in part by the efforts of her fellow classmates in a Chicago-suburb high school.

A high school senior held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than four months has been released – thanks in part by the efforts of her fellow classmates in a Chicago-suburb high school. Back in 2018, Guzman Rivas and her father fled gang violence in Honduras and sought asylum in ...

02/18/2020

Cuomo and Trump met in hopes to reach a 'mutually agreeable solution' in response to New York’s Green Light Law. Their discussion will continue this week.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is headed to Washington DC today to sit down with President Trump and work on a compromise that will allow NY state residents back into the Global Entry and Trusted Traveler Programs. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration asked the Department of Homeland Securit...

02/13/2020

The Department of Homeland Security has stopped allowing NYS residents to enroll in or renew Global Entry and Trusted Traveler programs because of NY’s “Green Light Law."

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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security stopped allowing New York state residents to enroll in or renew Global Entry and Trusted Traveler programs because of NY’s “Green Light Law” which allows undocumented immigrants to apply for NY State driver’s licenses. The Department stated that...