U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) recently made two significant changes to its rules regarding work permits for those seeking asylum in the U.S. First and most significantly, USCIS changed who is eligible to apply for a work permit based on a pending asylum case. This new rule will go into effect on August 25, […]
U.S. Supreme Court Finds the Department of Homeland Security Improperly Terminated DACA Program
In 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program is for noncitizens brought to the United States as children. It protects recipients from removal, or deportation, from the United States for two-year periods. It also permits them to apply for work authorization. Since its […]
The Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel While Negotiating a Plea Bargain.
On October 2, 2018, in a precedential opinion, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the right to effective assistance of counsel in a criminal case extends to the plea-bargaining process under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution. The Court ruled an immigrant who is seeking to vacate a guilty plea based on the […]
