DACA kicked in the teeth again
© Farhad Sethna, attorney, 2025 The Trump led “efficiency” machine is at it again, this time with an anti-immigrant focus. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients have received another […]
Opinion: Immigrants are nothing but ping-pong balls
Immigrants are nothing but ping-pong balls. Or tennis balls. Or soccer balls. Something to be smacked around the court with, beaten on the pitch, kicked around, tossed around, and otherwise […]
New DACA Regulation to go into Effect
©Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2022 The USCIS final rule on DACA goes into effect on October 31, 2022. The USCIS states that there are over 700,000 DACA recipients in the United […]
US Citizenship Act 2021 – A Summary of Selected sections in point form
Dear Reader: PLEASE NOTE – each and every clause of the new bill is NOT discussed below – this summary is of the clauses that I thought were relevant and […]
Court orders USCIS to resume accepting new DACA applications
A US Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the USCIS to start accepting applications filed by individuals for DACA status. These are individuals who […]
When can you obtain insurance under the Affordable Care Act?
We have received calls on numerous occasions in the office from clients and other people asking if they may obtain medical insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Of course, […]
Practical effects of the Supreme Court’s DACA decision
© Farhad Sethna 2020 On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a decision that will certainly stay written into the history of DACA forever. On that day, a 5 […]
ICE mischaracterizations illegally end DACA status
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 ICE uses Blatant Mischaracterizations (Lets call them Lies!) to revoke DACA! In a scathing decision, a Federal District Judge overruled the DHS’ unlawful termination of […]