THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION- US GOVERNMENT RULES
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 On May 8, 2014, the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Education issued a joint instruction letter to public schools across […]
BIA RULES THAT ALIEN RETAINS STATUS WHILE EXTENSION APPLICATION IS PENDING
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In a recent decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an alien who had applied for an extension of his nonimmigrant status retained […]
THIRD CIRCUIT HOLDS ICE DETAINERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2014 As background, “detainers” are issued by the USICE to a law enforcement agency (“LEA”) to ask the LEA to hold an individual suspected of […]
THE CSPA – CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT – GETTING OLDER AND WISER?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 The Child Status Protection Act, enshrined in the Immigration & Nationality Act as § 203(h) originally held out great promise when it was first […]
Supreme Court’s “Chaidez” decision limits “Padilla v. Kentucky”
Click the link below to download a PDF of the published article – AkronBar-Publication-Chaidez-Padilla-10-2013
ALIEN GETS THIRD CHANCE TO FIND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE
By Attorney Farhad Sethna, © 2013 Hervens Timothe, an immigrant from Haiti, received a third chance to find immigration counsel. The Board of Immigration Appeals held on August 29, 2013 […]
PADILLA HEARING RESULTS IN REOPENING REMOVAL CASE
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2013 In the case of Sewdat Rajpaul, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held on August 15, 2013 that it would reopen its prior final […]
Gay Marriages Now Recognized under US Immigration Law
SUPREME COURT RULING MAKES IMMIGRATION OF MARRIED SAME-SEX COUPLES POSSIBLE © Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in United States v. […]