New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
Why It Is So Hard To Win Asylum In The United States: A Straighforward Case Becoming A Complicated Nightmere
30 June 2022Author: New York Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova With so many talks about immigration and a rising number of asylum seekers and refugees, it is almost not a strange thing to talk about yet another asylum seeker. Why is his case special? Why was he denied asylum? What led to the threats on his life? These are some questions this article seeks to ...
Regional Migration Plan Annuonced By President Joe Biden As The Turbulences Surrounding Immigration Surmounts
14 June 2022Currently, one of the major bones of contention in American society is the issue of immigration. It has been the cause of so many uproars, debates, and disagreements amongst Congress members and lay partisans alike. For years, ruling administrations have done their best to manage the situation, eradicate it, or make favorable laws that woul ...
Legal Immigration Reform: A Better Option Than Title 42
14 June 2022In recent times, immigration and border-related matters have been one of the most disputed and controversial issues in American society, especially in Congress. With no common ground between Republicans and Democrats, the ever bothering issue of immigration seems far from being resolved. More recently, the Biden-Harris administration made moves ...
Patel V. Garland And Its Meaning For Every Immigrant In The US
08 June 2022Author: Alena Shautsova On May 16, 2022 the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in the case of Patel v. Garland No. 20-979, -- U.S. --, 2022 WL 1528346 (2022). The case could have been unnoticed like hundreds of cases, but this one has ultimate consequences for the Immigration community, and as such the decision has become widely ...
Russia Persecutes Citizens Involved In Anti-War Protests
26 May 2022Mariupl, Ukraine The authorities in Russia continue efforts to intimidate its own citizens who dare to speak up against the Russian actions in Ukraine. Several activists report what has been happening behind the scenes and the likely consequences of such actions. These reports are coming from Kazan. At the height of the war months ago, a law ...
What To Know About The Uniting For Ukraine Program
10 May 2022Regardless of the reasons, it is agreeable that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has gone on for far too long. Deliberate moves must be made by both parties to resolve and quell the dispute. Nevertheless, some members of the international community are doing what they can to alleviate the plight of the refugees as a result of the conflict. Many ...
New Premium Processing Rules
26 April 2022On March 30, 2022, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy that addresses the considerable number of updates to the premium processing benefits and gives clarity on when the USCIS will enforce the updates to premium processing filings. This policy or rule is referred to as the "Implementation of the Emerg ...
President Joe Biden And Democratic Members Of Congress Are Threatened By Surging Migraine Due To Disagreements In Immigration Policies
18 April 2022Before the elections that brought President Biden to power and took out former President Trump, President Biden's major mantra was against the extreme measures taken by his predecessor to end immigration. This was a major strategy for garnering support, especially, after making quite a lot of promises to bring down regulations restricting immigr ...
The Biden-Harris Administration Set To Put An End To The Restrictive Authority Of Title 42 At The U.S.-Mexico Border.
08 April 2022Author: Alena Shautsova The Title 42 policy has been a reason for uproar and controversies in American society since its reenactment in March 2020 by then President Donald Trump. It was viewed as a systematic method to restrict asylum seekers from gaining entrance into the U.S. by the Trump administration. President Trump who was widely known for ...
President Biden's Administration Seeks Quicker Means To Resolve Asylum/Refugee Cases At The U.S. Border
02 April 2022Author: Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova The teeming number of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border hoping to enter the U.S. is no longer news. With the ever-growing number of asylum and refugee cases, so does a great number of these cases go unsettled year in year out. Hence, there's a need for laws and policies that would help in resolving these ca ...