Yajure Hurtado vacated (for now)!
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2026 The US Federal District Court for the Central District of California issued a decision on February 18, 2026, finally vacating the BIA decision Matter of […]
“They’re Thugs!” – recent video podcast on masked ICE agents
Please find below a link to a video podcast that I took part in recently, discussing the recent widely criticized actions of masked ICE agents.
Immigrant visa applications paused for potential use of public benefits
© 2026 Farhad Sethna, Attorney The US Department of State has issued a new directive to consulates worldwide, asking them to pause immigrant visa applications to check whether applicants pose […]
Additional screening at ports of entry will cause significant delay
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2026 Additional screening requirements on all travelers at all ports of entry – land, sea and air – will cause significant delays in entry to the […]
Visa applications in India seriously delayed
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 If anyone is thinking of travelling to India now to get their H-1B or other work visa stamped to be able to return to the […]
The 100-grand* question. Are you affected?
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 Here’s another episode in the ongoing saga of the H-1b hundred-thousand-dollar proclamation. Like Jason Voorhees of “Friday the 13th” infamy, this is a horror story […]
Making sense of the “H-1b Proclamation”
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Non-Immigrant Workers“, where he targeted H-1b workers. This article […]
𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2025 Much has been written about “Civil Immigration Detention” over the last few months, especially in the context of Trump’s draconian deportation actions. However, immigration detention […]