STRENGTHENING YOUR CASE FOR DEFERRED ACTION- VOLUNTEER!
© 2012 Farhad Sethna, Attorney The Deferred Action process which was instituted by USICE memoranda over a year ago has not got off to a great start. By current estimates, […]
© 2012 Farhad Sethna, Attorney The Deferred Action process which was instituted by USICE memoranda over a year ago has not got off to a great start. By current estimates, […]
KEY POINTS ABOUT DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) © Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2012 Deferred Action for childhood arrivals is a complex issue. You need to meet a certain number […]
PUNTOS CLAVES SOBRE LA ACCION DIFERIDA PARA LOS QUE LLEGARON DE NIÑOS A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS (DACA) © Abogado Farhad Sethna, 2012 La Acción Diferida para los que llegaron de […]
U.S. SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS FEDERAL CONTROL OVER IMMIGRATION In Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S._____(2012) (Decided June 25, 2012), the United States Supreme Court ruled on Arizona statute S.B. 1070. […]
Filing I-601 Waiver Applications in the United States Note: As of the date of this posting (June 15, 2012), the final rule permitting I-601 waiver applications in the USA has […]
In a surprising announcement, the Obama Administration announced on June 15, 2012 that the Department of Homeland Security would begin offering deferred action to DREAM-act eligible young people. PLEASE NOTE: […]
A lawyer advising a non-citizen client in a criminal matter has an added duty: to advise the client of the immigration consequences, if any, of a criminal conviction. Failure to advise that results in a deportable consequence or some other immigration detriment, such as inability to naturalize or exclusion, could be the grounds for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel under Padilla that could result in the underlying conviction being reopened and vacated.
Arizona Law SB 1070 uses the logic of “immigration compliance” to needlessly trample on the US Constitution, harms US citizens and the non-immigrants alike and damages genuine law enforcement efforts to curb crime. Severe flaws in the law subject it to strict scrutiny and possible injunction or reversal in the courts.