More USCIS stupidity on the H-1b process
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney Remember I wrote just a short while ago that USCIS was going to “streamline” the H-1b process by permitting H-1b applications to be “pre-selected” for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are Immigration Judges Able to Reject Asylum Applications Without a Full Hearing?
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 Attorney General finds way to derail Asylum Applications – or does he? March 5, 2018: Attorney General Sessions reopened a BIA decision, Matter of E-F-H-L-, […]
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 […]