Chris Barnes Ohana Immigration

09/19/2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of , died today at age 87, may she rest in peace. A few days ago, she dictated to her granddaughter, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Her death sets the stage for a political battle over a potential 6-3 conservative majority Court, with Chief Justice Roberts no longer holding the controlling vote that he has occasionally cast with the court’s more liberal wing - e.g., to protect so-called from a.k.a. by the Trump administration (see previous post). This battle will be central to the presidential election and, with lifetime tenure, the Court appointment will in certain ways influence the US legal and political landscape more profoundly than the presidential election itself.

06/20/2020

DACA recipients are “over the moon”, just being able to “move forward with life.” 🙌

“Just knowing that I can move forward with my life for the time being gave me the hope I haven’t felt in a very long time," said Kassandra Aleman.

06/19/2020

The US has upheld the program, which protects hundreds of thousands of brought to the US as children (so-called “Dreamers”) from removal. The court’s ruling means DACA beneficiaries may keep renewing membership in the program that provides work authorization and temporary protection from being removed from the US. 📸: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

06/17/2020

Today was ! Unprecedented, last week thirteen sites of nesting green sea were identified here on O’ahu, at Bellows Beach. Fun fact: turtles hundreds of miles between feeding and nesting grounds. They using , movements, and fields.

Using our and practical expertise, we will navigate the complex US rules and procedures, for you and your (extended ) to live here lawfully. 🎤🎸 Kinna Grannis discography

06/14/2020

My brand spanking new website is now up (same URL). 🙏 I hope you like it!

06/09/2020

Happy ! to

06/07/2020

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06/05/2020

Roger, an epidemiology and hygiene specialist and seeker detained in a TX Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, describes the predicament inside amid :

“Detainees with respiratory symptoms are forced to go without medical assistance, and there are over 30 people in most dorms, making social distancing virtually impossible. We do not have access to personal protective equipment like masks or gloves. When the doctor walks by, people bang on the door to try to get medical attention. I have seen people carried out in critical condition.”

Read the whole story at https://bit.ly/2ANy7Y7 and about the proactive measures requested by the American Immigration Lawyers Association at https://bit.ly/2A6EnKz American Immigration Council 📷 Immigration Justice Campaign, CDC

06/02/2020

Moriso Teraoka’s parents from Japan to work in the fields and mill of the Hilo Sugar Company, on the island of . Moriso was born in 1924 and lived with his family in one of Wainaku Mill Camp’s ethnically segregated groups of plantations cottages. During WWII, he served in France and Italy with the (primarily ) 100th Infantry Battalion. In 1988, he created this beautiful cactus garden.

06/01/2020

Beautiful forms and colors this evening.

05/28/2020

The standard for government immigration paperwork: not applicable

Scenario 1: the government files with immigration court, to remove someone from the US. On the form (a “Notice to Appear”), are three check-boxes. The government is supposed to indicate whether the person was (1) arriving in the US, (2) present in the US without having been admitted or paroled, or (3) admitted to the US but now removable for certain reasons.

This would seem important - to classify the allegations; and the law requires the form to include “the nature of the proceedings against the alien.” However, in the Matter of Herrera-Vasquez, the Board of Immigration Appeals recently decided that such cases should proceed WITHOUT the government even needing to correct its error.

https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1274901/download

Scenario 2: on the other hand, the government may and routinely does reject immigration applications if, e.g., a box is left blank when it should have been filled in with “not applicable”. Double standard, anyone?
📷 immigrationimpact.com

03/10/2020

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