BIA Setting the Stage for More Confusion
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2019 In Matter of Sylvestre Mendoza-Hernandez and Rufina Capula-Cortes 27 I&N Dec. 520 (BIA 2019), issued May 1, 2019, the BIA further confuses the Supreme […]
USCIS defers H-1b selection rule – for now
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney The USCIS has deferred for one year at least – the proposed pre-filing H-1b selection rule that I wrote about earlier on this blog. Under that […]
Pereira v. Sessions Decision Breathes New Life into Cancellation of Removal Applications
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2018 In Pereira v. Sessions [585 U. S. ____ (2018)], the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 8-1 decision (almost total unanimity from even […]
An end to family separation? Trump issues executive order
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2016 On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in response to massive grassroots activism, a revolt from within his own party, passionate statements from no less than […]
International Entrepreneur Rule Dies
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 We already knew this, but in the current administration, talk is cheap. The goal of this administration, and the platform on which the president ran […]
Summary of Recent Immigration Developments – May 21, 2018
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 Where do I even begin? The last two weeks seem to be like an immigration whirlwind. First, we had the disclosure that the Department of […]
The 6-Million Dollar Question
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2018 The Justice Department under Jeff Sessions, in a bid to save the taxpayer six million dollars per year, has cancelled a legal assistance program […]
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 […]