Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova Immigration bond is often posted by friends or family of a non-citizen who was detained by ICE in connection with immigration proceedings. The bond money sum may vary from $1500 and up. Sometimes it reaches $25,000. There is no maximum amount that can be established for the Immigration bond. V ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova We are all familiar with the constitutional right to legal counsel for those individuals who cannot afford a lawyer in criminal cases. However, in immigration cases, such as deportation, immigrants do not have the same right to legal counsel. They must represent themselves if they cannot afford an attorne ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova ICE detention is usually occurs when a non-citizen is suspected to be removable from the US. Often, ICE (Immigration Custom Enforcement) places a hold on individual who is in State detention facilities, but an undocumented person can be also apprehended at the airport, or a bus station. An immigration de ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Immigrants who commit an aggravated felony are subject to deportation under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) whether they have legal status and are productive or are illegally present in the United States. The L.A. Times recently reported that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to two in the ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova When facing deportation, it helps to know what the legal process involves and also to have a competent immigration lawyer to help defend your rights. Despite the fact that deportation is a civil or administrative procedure it bears similarities to the criminal justice process for arrest and booking. When ...
Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DOH) has stated that state officials in individual states can make their own determinations about issuing immigrants driver's licenses. Traditionally, states have had authority over making their own laws and regulations regarding driver's licenses. The Deferred ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Demand for Information Disclosure about Detainees Released under ICE's Sequestration Budget Cut As difficult as it has been for Congress to agree on many immigration issues, you can expect further controversy over ICE's release of immigration detainees based on the forced federal budget cut called seques ...
Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova When you face criminal charges, authorities must inform you that you have the right to remain silent and that anything you say can be held against you in a court of law. They must tell you about your right to a lawyer and that if you cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint counsel. However, wh ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Deportation has separated children from their families even when the children are U.S. citizens. In July of 2012, U.S. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard introduced an immigration bill called The Help Separated Families Act, H.R. 6128 to deal with this problem. The number of U.S. citizen children placed ...
Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova Judge Allows Case to Go Forward for ICE Agents Suing the Department of Homeland Security In August, 2012, Fox News reported that 10 federal ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and officials sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Mor ...
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