Immigration changes under the Trump administration
© Farhad Sethna 2024 These are some of the immigration changes I see under the new Trump presidency starting January 20, 2025. Immigration courts: Additional judges picked by harsh Republican […]
Wannabe president again Trump has even harsher deportation plans this time
In articles in the New York Times and as reported once again by CNN, former president and wannabe president again, Donald J Trump, has made more dire threats towards immigrants […]
The Proposed “Public Charge” Rule
Copyright 2022, by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, and Paul O’Brien, Law Clerk, the Law Offices of Farhad Sethna On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the […]
Prosecutorial discretion once again!
©Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2021 As background, prosecutorial discretion under the Department of Homeland Security is essentially a determination by DHS as to which aliens it is going to prosecute and […]
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 […]
DOL and USCIS team up to gut H1B program
The USDOL (Department of Labor), and the USCIS – an agency of the Department of Homeland Security – have teamed up to effectively gut the H1B specialty worker program. In […]
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, […]