Hey, I have immigration court on Tuesday. Will it go forward?

Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Say the government closes at midnight Monday night. What will happen if you have immigration court on Tuesday? The White House and federal agencies put out guidance. Immigration courts function thanks to two agencies. The immigration court itself is part of a Department of Justice component, the Executive Office for Immigration Review. This is what the Deparment of Justice  has to say about the Executive Office for Immigration Review: Excepted employees are needed to process all immigration cases and appeal…

ICE Deportions in LA, is anybody home?

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

An irony in representing aliens before the immigration bureaus, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is that the bureau that is the least hard-nosed and enforcement oriented, USCIS, at least in San Diego, is also the one hardest for an attorney practicing immigration law to make meaningful contact with. Even the Department of  State, which handles overseas visa issuance and has in the past been the hardest to have meaningful…