Law Offices of Jonathan D. Montag

Law Offices of Jonathan D. Montag The Law Offices of Jonathan D. The practice concentrates in immigration law. Contact us by email, phone, or fax regarding your immigration situation. Jonathan D.

We deal in immigrant visa processing as well as representing clients seeking asylum, fiance visas, family-based visas, naturalization, in removal proceedings, Deferred Action (DACA), and in appellate work. Montag, a San Diego immigration law firm, are located in downtown San Diego, California, at…

110 West C Street,
Suite 1809
San Diego, California 92101

just short walks from the San Diego Immi

gration Court, the Bureau of Homeland Security’s Bureaus of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the federal and state court houses. Montag received his J.D. from the University of San Diego in 1994, and his B.A. in Near Eastern Studies and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He also studied economics at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He is a member of the State Bar of California. He is an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal specialization. He was Chairman of the State Bar of California’s Immigration and Nationality Law Commission, a part of the Board of Legal Specialization. He was also a San Diego American Immigration Lawyers Association Chapter Chair. Mr. Montag has lectured at numerous conferences hosted by AILA and the State Bar of California in matters relating to the immigration law and has published widely in the field. Montag has argued successfully before the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also testified as an expert witness on immigration law in the federal district court and the California Bar Court. He volunteers as a fee arbitrator for the San Diego County Bar Association. Montag was named an Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer Magazine for extraordinary achievement in immigration law in 2005. He is designated as a Super Lawyer by San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine. He blogs at www.montaglaw.com/blog.

Please take a peak a my latest blog posting about your Board of Immigration Appeals.
04/25/2026

Please take a peak a my latest blog posting about your Board of Immigration Appeals.

April 25, 2026 - General - As I have written about earlier, the Board of Immigration Appeals is issuing precedent decisions by the boatload all facilitating quicker removals of

While the world falls deeper and deeper into turmoil, the Board of Immigration Appeals is slinging garbage, as discussed...
03/22/2026

While the world falls deeper and deeper into turmoil, the Board of Immigration Appeals is slinging garbage, as discussed in my newest blog post:

March 22, 2026 - General - Recent Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decisions give the impression DOGE must have fired all the BIA’s clerks and editors. On March 12, 2026, the BIA

As a Monday pickup, please take a look at my latest blog posting,
03/16/2026

As a Monday pickup, please take a look at my latest blog posting,

March 16, 2026 - General - A recent New York Times story discussed a Tennessee non-citizen reporter who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Commenting on the

If your New Years resolution is to read more immigration blogs, you're in luck. Here's my latest:
01/03/2026

If your New Years resolution is to read more immigration blogs, you're in luck. Here's my latest:

January 2, 2026 - General - Trump supports terrorism but will not help the terrorists. President Trump announced today that if Iran "violently kills peaceful protesters," the United

Here's your Christmas gift. Please enjoy my newest blog post about the new Supreme Court national guard federalizing cas...
12/24/2025

Here's your Christmas gift. Please enjoy my newest blog post about the new Supreme Court national guard federalizing case: Trump v. Illinois and a over-broad reading of the principle of party presentation.

December 24, 2025 - General - In the very recent Supreme Court decision, Trump v. Illinois, disallowing the federalizing of the national guard to deploy in Illinois, Trump v.

Here's what I have been thinking about some of what is being said about the latest in the Kilmar Obrego Garcia case:
12/15/2025

Here's what I have been thinking about some of what is being said about the latest in the Kilmar Obrego Garcia case:

December 14, 2025 - General -   The American judicial system is an adversarial system. Each side in a legal conflict amasses its evidence and legal argument while challenging the

On this infamous day, take a look at my newest blog post,
12/07/2025

On this infamous day, take a look at my newest blog post,

December 7, 2025 - General - The New York Times is running an article, “How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration” It’s one of those articles that tells the

If you are curious about some personnel changes in the mass deportation program, please take a look at my latest blog po...
11/01/2025

If you are curious about some personnel changes in the mass deportation program, please take a look at my latest blog post, "About the ICE purge."

November 1, 2025 - General - Last Tuesday, the Trump administration reported that it was replacing the leadership of many Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices

Please take a look at my newest blog post - not a discussion how the immigration sky is falling. Something else is falli...
09/28/2025

Please take a look at my newest blog post - not a discussion how the immigration sky is falling. Something else is falling for a change.

September 28, 2025 - General - When Artificial Intelligence (AI) suddenly appeared a couple of years ago, I, like everyone else, played with it. Write me a sonnet in the style of

I posted a new article in my blog, "A seismic decision about immigration custody being ignored."
09/07/2025

I posted a new article in my blog, "A seismic decision about immigration custody being ignored."

September 7, 2025 - General - The news is filled with troubling immigration stories since President Trump ascended the throne. There was the crazy/illegal stuff (though the Supreme

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