The Law Office of Janis Peterson-Lord

02/07/2026

Most Americans say it's ‘unacceptable’ for immigration officers to hide their faces, poll finds | READ: bit.ly/4tgLyFD

01/23/2026

Be careful out there.

06/07/2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/06/raids-los-angeles-ice-immigration/

A local immigrant rights organization said more than 45 people were detained in the operations, which were described as “random sweeps.”

03/31/2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-uscis-case-backlog-processing-delays/

The measures announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) include allowing more applicants to pay extra fees to have their applications processed more quickly.

03/25/2022

Settlement Follows a 2020 Lawsuit Brought By TPS Beneficiaries and Advocates Over Unlawful Trump-Era Policy Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agreed to restore a path to permanent residency for many Temporary Protected Status (TPS) benefici...

12/20/2021

Democrats acknowledged they wouldn't be able to pass Joe Biden’s massive spending bill by Christmas and are now focusing on winning over holdouts and finishing up ‘as soon as possible.’

02/19/2021

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-introduce-bidens-immigration-reform-bill/story?id=75960479

Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced sweeping immigration reform legislation.

01/16/2021

During his first days in office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a legislative proposal that would include a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, according to activists in communication with his transition team.

12/05/2020

Up to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation under a new court ruling. President Trump had sought to cancel the program.

11/24/2020

"the search for a new vaccine to defeat Covid-19 has been led by several immigrant leaders, including immigrants like Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bouria, Bio-Tech’s CEO Ugur Sahin and Moderna’s CEO Stephane Bancel, among others"

Fareed Zakaria on his recent CNN GPS televison program highlighted studies that reveal immigrants are the lifeblood of the American economy. What will the new administration do to re-invigorate this wellspring of prosperity?

11/16/2020

DACA might open up again to new applicants. Stay tuned.

The decision, in a case affecting immigrants known as “dreamers,” could open the DACA program to new applicants, lawyers say.

07/24/2020

Some good news for a change. Previously only renewals were being accepted under the Trump Administration

The directive comes four weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against an effort to halt the program that protects more than 100,000 Texans from the immediate threat of deportation.