by IdaKeir | Oct 8, 2018 | Asylum/Refugees, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
On Oct. 3, California Judge Edward Chen stopped the government from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua. This is a preliminary (temporary) injunction or order, not a permanent one. But it indicates this...
by IdaKeir | Oct 2, 2018 | News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Unlawful Presence/DACA
How do you move thousands of detained children to avoid them trying to run away? The U.S. government is doing it late at night and with very little notice. The separation of parents and children at the southern border is no longer headline news every day. But the...
by IdaKeir | Oct 2, 2018 | Asylum/Refugees, Family Visas, Immigration from Philippines, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
In September the U.S. government announced an important proposal to change the financial requirements to become a permanent resident, i.e. get a green card. This change will define the “public charge of inadmissibility,” i.e. when the government can deny...
by IdaKeir | Aug 23, 2018 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas, Unlawful Presence/DACA
The U.S. government made changes to its unlawful presence policy on August 9, 2018 which puts foreign students at risk of being barred from re-entering the U.S. for 3 or 10 years if they leave the country. Some immigration updates are relatively easy to explain to the...
by IdaKeir | Nov 7, 2017 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, Immigration Reform, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas
International students in F-1 visa status may not feel welcome in the U.S. by the government these days. They should know their universities and many community members do welcome them. Here are some new Trump administration policies that affect students negatively....
by IdaKeir | Sep 5, 2017 | Ida Keir Law, Immigration Reform, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Unlawful Presence/DACA
Today the Trump administration announced it’s ending DACA but there’s a “wind-down” period. Remember that Pres. Obama put DACA into effect in 2012 when Congress failed to protect “Dreamers.” It’s now up to Congress to do...