Vikram Badrinath, P.C.

03/19/2022

“Thousands of applicants for U.S. citizenship have been waiting for well over a year for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process their applications. But the problem isn’t the usual bureaucratic red tape. In this case, thousands of paper-based immigration records (known as “A-Files”) are locked in man-made caves that USCIS says it can’t access.”

Thousands of applicants for U.S. citizenship have been waiting for USCIS to process their applications.But their records are locked in man-made caves.

03/18/2022

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on March 15, 2022, that Afghan nationals in the United States are now eligible for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for a period of 18 months. Secretary Mayorkas has issued this designation on the basis of “ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions that prevent the country’s nationals from returning in safety.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already residing in the United States as of March 15, 2022, will be eligible for TPS.

03/15/2022

A federal court last week had ruled that the administration could not exempt unaccompanied children from a Trump-era border restriction.

08/05/2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from entering the United States, a White House official...

07/13/2021

In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first federal law that restricted immigration based explicitly on nationality. In practice, the Act banned entry to all ethnically Chinese immigrants besides diplomats, and prohibited existing immigrants from obtaining citizen...

07/11/2021

Deported to Mexico because of a DUI conviction and twice denied entry into the U.S. for an interview with immigration officials, Hector Ocegueda-Rivera finally earned his citizenship Thursday. & #82…

06/18/2021

"Greg Chen, director of government relations with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, tweeted that Trump had used the legal guidance 'to close America’s doors to those fleeing persecution.'”

The U.S. attorney general on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era decision that made it harder for victims of domestic violence and gang violence to win asylum, the latest move by U.S. President Joe Biden to create what he says is a more humane immigration system.

05/28/2021

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced a new Dedicated Docket process to more expeditiously and fairly make decisions in immigration cases of families who arrive between ports of entry at the Southwest Border. This new process sh...

04/22/2021

Feliz Zuniga is a former DEA informant who was deported to Colombia after four decades in the United States. Now, inspired by his native land's best known natural resource, he has founded a new business, with an ironic twist. (Leer en español)

02/25/2021

The parents of 506 separated migrant children still haven't been found, however. Lawyers say the parents of 322 of them were likely to have been deported.

02/18/2021

A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the United States

02/17/2021

The Biden administration has sought to change policies at ICE, the agency in charge of immigration arrests and deportations.