According to INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I), “[a]ny alien” who makes a false claim to United States citizenship “for any purpose or benefit under this [Immigration and Nationality] Act or any Federal or State law is inadmissible.  There is no waiver to this ground of inadmissibility, thus making it a permanent bar to admission to the United States. According to INA § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I), “[a]ny alien”  person who has accrued more than a year of unlawful presence, departs, and then comes back, or…

The August 1, 2011, New Yorker published a story, “Annals of Immigration; The Asylum Seeker,” by Suketu Mehta  that encapsulated everything about immigration law that is both dispiriting and outrageous. It is a clarion to new lawyers to keep away from the profession and a motivator to honest lawyers in the field to want to take a long shower after any day associating with his or her peers or “the system.” It may be the saddest thing I ever read…

My father believes that in every large organization there was a smart person in charge somewhere in a back room with a lot of common sense to whom you could appeal to straighten out problems. If he saw the 287(g) operation in San Diego, his belief would be shaken. The 287(g) program is the program defined in Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which provides for federal-state cooperation in enforcing the immigration laws. This is a small part…