HOUSTON – About two years ago, as part of its anti-immigrant policies, the Trump administration decided to terminate benefits under the temporary protection program known as TPS. Under this program, a little more than 300,000 individuals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan were temporarily protected against deportation due to force majeure incidents in their…
DetailsHOUSTON – We were recently talking about the new restrictions proposed by President Trump, to limit the possibilities of applying for or obtaining asylum in the United States. Those restrictions are aimed directly at applications for asylum and the way they are adjudicated. However, the president’s administration has also taken other measures that affect asylum…
DetailsHOUSTON – I really enjoyed my trip but now; what to do if I can’t go home? This is the question that many foreign travelers who are present within the United States are facing, and with good reason. A few weeks ago, no one could have predicted that the trip they had planned to visit…
DetailsAfter several months of litigation in the courts, a couple of weeks ago the Supreme Court of the United States decided to go forward to the regulation proposed by the administration of President Trump, regarding the denial of visas to immigrants that the government determines if they will or could be a public charge. The…
DetailsHOUSTON – One of the most frequent confusions that I encounter daily among my clients is that they do not know very well the differences between a deportation order and a voluntary departure. Others don’t even know that they are TWO different things. Since there is a big difference between a voluntary departure and a…
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