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08/13/2021

DHS Announces Extension and Redesignation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status

The Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice (FRN) extending and redesignating Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Sept. 18, 2021, through March 17, 2023. Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas made the decision to extend and redesignate Somalia...

12/05/2020

Judge orders the Trump Administration to restore the DACCA program. See the link below.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR18LQmWDxiZadZ6DLFNyJ7oLZK6ULhJABMDqAi2S_kFB8fBMK_i3QYURps

Up to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation under a new court ruling. President Trump had sought to cancel the program.

11/03/2020

Judge vacate the Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule. “Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois cited “numerous unexplained flaws” that made the rule “arbitrary and capricious,” including an interpretation of self-sufficiency that had no basis in the statute it purportedly interpreted, and the failure to consider the “predictable collateral consequences” of its implementation.”

The policy created a wealth test that would disqualify immigrants for green cards if they were deemed likely to use public benefits.

09/30/2020

Federal Judge holts USCIS Fee Increase!

A federal judge in California blocked a Trump administration rule that would've hiked up naturalization fees by more than 80% and charged a first-time fee for asylum applicants, days before the regulation was set to take effect.

07/03/2020

01/29/2020

Important Information about the Public Charge Rule the Supreme Court allowed to be enforced on January 27, 2020.

https://www.ilrc.org/public-charge

01/27/2020

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-order-allows-trumps-new-green-card-rule-to-take-effect?fbclid=IwAR3vogrGHg0RY1q-fTXHEppl6iLvlMeBBljUK6k7kenKc3E-9n4G7SoA3lM

The new policy can be used to deny green cards to immigrants over their use of public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers, as well as other factors.

01/07/2020

If you are Legal Permanent (Green Card) Holder and eligible to naturalize, please apply for your citizenship ASAP! Non-citizens convicted of crimes including misdemeanors can be deported from the United States.

For example, Abdi who is a Green Card Holder committed two misdemeanor thefts. He will probably a pay fine, community service, and probation in state courts, but ICE can put Abdi into removal proceedings. Even if Abdi is allowed to stay in the country, you could spend months in ICE custody.

Consult with an immigration attorney about how to apply for your citizenship. Contact Harun Law Office today at (612) 564-2295.

12/30/2019

Immigration judges quit in response to administration policies

Lisa Dornell loved her job. For 24 years, she sat on the bench in Baltimore's immigration court, hearing hundreds of cases of immigrants trying to stay in the United States. But she walked away from that job in April.

12/03/2019

If you are eligible to apply for Citizenship, apply now. The fee is going to increase substantially.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a new fee schedule designed to mitigate an approximate $1.3 billion shortfall in the annual budget of U.S. Citizenship and Im