On September 18, 2018, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Constitution does not give an immigrant the right to re-litigate his case if he chose a bad attorney first time around. The Fifth Amendment’s due process clause does not grant an immigrant a right to effective counsel. It only gives an alien, […]
In July of 2018, L. Francis Cisna, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the creation of a new office and the hiring of lawyers and immigration specialists to investigate past naturalization cases and refer cases to the Department of Justice for denaturalization. The purported purpose of this group is to root out […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Pereira v. Sessions on June 21, 2018, holding that a Notice to Appear (NTA) “that does not inform a noncitizen when and where to appear for removal proceedings is a not a ‘notice to appear’” under the law. A NTA is the charging document issued by the […]
