ARC Legal Services - Immigration & Estate Planning Attorney

10/21/2026

3 wins today. Asylum. Bond. Voluntary departure.

People see the win. They don’t always see what goes into it.

An asylum case is country conditions research. An expert witness.

Hours preparing testimony. Mock trials. A long brief. Months of preparation.

All of that is the attorney’s job. Every bit of it.

But here is the thing nobody tells clients up front: you can have the best attorney in the room, and if you do not know your own story, if you cannot keep it straight under pressure, there is nothing your attorney can do. Credibility is everything in immigration court. A judge who does not believe you will not rule for you no matter how strong the legal arguments are.

Your attorney prepares the case. You have to be ready to tell the truth of it.

Grateful for these clients who did the work. Today was a good day.

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10/21/2026

Someone came in with a will they made with ChatGPT. It looked completely professional. It also would have been invalid in Texas.

The witnesses signed it wrong. The retirement accounts named a different beneficiary than what the will said. Nobody caught it because the document looked exactly like a real will.

That is the issue. There is no red flag. The document goes in a drawer, the person thinks they handled it, and the family finds out there is a problem when it is too late to fix anything.

Full breakdown on the blog. Link in bio.

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10/19/2026

This week is National Estate Planning Awareness Week.

I’m shifting the focus on estate planning and helping families to protect what matters most.

Follow along.

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10/15/2026

Nobody wants to plan for this. But the families who have these documents ready are the ones we can actually help when something happens. The ones who don’t — we are scrambling.

Here’s a checklist:

1. Gather your important documents now
Passports, birth certificates, green cards, immigration paperwork, social security cards — yours and every family member’s. Give them to a trusted person or keep them somewhere accessible, not buried in a drawer.

2. Form G-28 — sign it, don’t date it
This is the form that authorizes your attorney to represent you and contact you if you are detained. Sign it now and keep it somewhere safe. Your attorney can fill in the date if it is ever needed.

3. Form I-246 — sign it, don’t date it
This is a stay of removal form. Having it signed in advance allows your attorney to file an emergency stay on your behalf immediately if you are picked up. Every hour matters in a detention situation. This form buys time.

4. Power of attorney, medical power of attorney, emergency guardianship documents
These are the documents that allow someone you trust to pay bills, access accounts, make medical decisions, and take care of your children if you are not there. Without them, even family members who want to help may have no legal authority to do anything.

5. A sheet with important usernames and passwords
Bank accounts, email, utilities, school portals. Keep it with your documents. The people trying to help your family need to be able to access things.

You do not have to be in removal proceedings to do this.

Call us for a consultation if you want to talk through what your family specifically needs.

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https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/g-28.pdf

https://www.ice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Document/2017/ice_form_i_246.pdf

10/08/2026

I have been getting this question every single day. Should I wait to file until after the election in case a more pro-immigrant Congress comes in?

No. File now.

Here is why. Whatever happens in November, new laws do not take effect the same day. Legislative change takes months, sometimes years. And the rules that exist today — the public charge standard, the advance parole BIA ruling, the I-864 changes, the scrutiny at interviews — those are what your case gets evaluated under when you file. Waiting does not protect you from the current rules. It just delays you getting into the line while everything else keeps moving.

The people I am most worried about right now are the ones sitting on an application they are eligible to file today, waiting for a political outcome that may not come, or that may not help them the way they think it will.

If you are eligible to file, file. Call us.

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10/06/2026

A client’s visa application was flagged by AI because a photo on their social media showed what the system identified as a gang sign.

It was a peace sign.

USCIS and CBP are using AI to screen social media accounts as part of immigration case review. Posts from years ago, photos you were tagged in, your Facebook relationship status, who is standing next to you in a picture — all potentially in scope.

I wrote a blog about what they are actually looking for and what to do about your accounts before you file or before your interview. Link in bio.

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09/24/2026

I had a client whose visa got flagged because USCIS AI identified a peace sign in a photo as a gang sign.

That is where we are right now.

USCIS and CBP are using AI to screen social media. Old posts, photos you didn't even post yourself, who is standing next to you in a picture, your Facebook relationship status — all of it is fair game. I have seen officers walk into a green card interview with printed screenshots from a client's account.

If you have a pending application or you're about to file, read this before you touch your accounts.

ARC Legal Services, LLC offers experienced immigration law services including visas, green cards, and deportation defense. Contact us for support!

09/17/2026

ICE is making arrests at airports. Not just at international borders — at domestic terminals too.

If you have an open immigration case, a prior removal order, a criminal record, or any question about your status, think carefully before you travel right now. The risk at airports has changed and it has changed for more people than most realize — including green card holders.

Watch the full video for who specifically should avoid traveling and what to have in order if you do need to fly.

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09/08/2026

Update on the I-864 form change we posted about last week.

AILA — the American Immigration Lawyers Association — filed a lawsuit against USCIS over the fact that there was no proper notice given before the old form was rejected. Because of that, everyone now has 30 days to submit the correct form. If you filed the old version, you are not automatically rejected. You have time to correct it.

But here is the part of the new form that nobody is talking about and that every sponsor needs to know before they sign it.

The new I-864 includes a provision that allows USCIS to pull your credit report and discuss what is on it with the applicant — your spouse or the person you are sponsoring. That means if you have debt, a credit card, a loan, a balance, anything on your credit file that the other person does not know about, USCIS can disclose it to them during the review process.

Watch the full video for the breakdown.

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09/02/2026

Starting August 31, USCIS will only accept the new version of Form I-864 dated 08/24/26. If you submit the old version, it will not be accepted.

The new form also includes a privacy release allowing USCIS to run a credit check on the sponsor. If you have a credit freeze on your file, lift it now or your case could be delayed.

If you are in the middle of an adjustment of status case or sponsoring a family member, check your forms today.

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