ICE announced that the fiscal year ending deportation statistics were as follows: Recapping 2012 Deportation Statistics While the Obama administration again promises immigration reform, statistics indicate that deportation during for the period of the President’s term and in particular during 2012 reached an all time high.

Deportation Defense

Deportation Defense in New York Immigration Court
Many times a person ends up in the Immigration Court because of State or Federal charges submitted against him/her or because of the State or Federal conviction.
It happens because nowadays every jail and court has an ICE representative in it, and this person quickly scans and analyzes the records of every detained, charged and convicted person.

Green Card: Adjustment Of Status When Criminal Conviction

Green card: adjustment of status
A non- US citizen who has a criminal conviction in the United States may still be eligible to adjust status to one of a permanent resident. Every criminal conviction must be analyzed separately and together with the any other criminal convictions that an alien has.
When applying for an adjustment of status, a person is seeking admission to the Unites States.

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment Case

Continuous Presence For Cancellation Of Removal

Continuous Presence For Cancellation Of Removal
You probably have heard that if a person entered the country illegally, “nothing can help him” to obtain legal status in the United States even if she/he marries a US citizen.

Well, it is not quite true. It is very difficult for such a person to obtain a status, to wit: most of the time they cannot adjust their status in the United States without leaving the country, even if they marry a US citizen; but there are some very limited options.

Cancellation of Removal

Cancellation Of Removal For Non-Permanent Residents
Cancellation of removal is one of the forms of relief (defense) from removal (deportation). There can be different types of cancellation of removal: for permanent residents, for VAWA beneficiaries, and for certain aliens covered by special laws, and for non- permanent residents. In this publication, we will discuss cancellation for non -permanent residents.

US Asylum: Application And Process

How To File For Asylum Part IV

WHEN CAN I FILE FOR AN ASYLUM?
A person may file for asylum after he/she entered the United States and is still in the lawful status; when the status expired; when the person is an EWI (entered without inspection); when the person is subject to a 2 year residence requirement after the J-1 visa; when the person was previously ordered removed from the United States. A short answer is: a person may file any time, as many times as there are grounds for it (as long as the application is not frivolous). A person does not need to wait for his/her lawful status to expire to file for asylum.