US Deportation Publications
02 June 2020
Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova
A person with a removal order issued by the Immigration Judge or an expedited removal order faces extra challenges when he/she executes that order (departs the United States) and reenters the United States. A familiar scenario would be when one attempts to enter the United States but is turned do ...
04 January 2020
Author: NYC Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova, co-author: Greg Abrams
Reports of DACA recipients receiving notices to appear in Immigration Court began on December 29th, 2019. What a great way to start the New Year… with fear and uncertainty. When a person applies for DACA, they concede that they are deportable from the US, but ask for deferred ...
05 August 2019
Author: Tomas Greenberg, Alena Shautsova
It’s no secret that the current U.S. administration has been cracking down on immigration, and a new policy released by President Trump has only further strengthened these efforts. The policy expands the process of expedited removal—when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quickly removes ...
03 July 2019
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova
Voluntary departure is a form of relief from removal. Once the Immigration court proceedings began, one cannot simply leave the US without risking having an order of removal in absentia. At times, voluntary departure is the only option. Sometimes, you choose it strategically: not to have an ord ...
12 October 2018
Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova
Adjustment of status application I 485 is usually filed with USCIS. In fact, it has to be filed with USCIS unless the person in removal proceedings. In removal proceedings, only the Immigration Judge will have jurisdiction to make a decision on I 485 form apart form certain very narrow except ...
24 May 2017
Author: Deportation attorney Alena Shautsova
Cancellation of removal is an application for green card before an Immigration judge that can be filed by either a permanent resident or an “undocumented” person, a person with no status at all, in certain situations.
The way this process works is that first a person has to demonstrate that he/she stat ...
07 April 2017
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova
With the Trump administration planning to deport millions of people, it is good to get prepared for an encounter with ICE officers. Many people wonder how ICE officers decide who to visit and who to check. The specific information ICE officers are using when planning their raids, generally speaking, ICE ...
25 July 2016
Author: US Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova
What is an Expedited Removal Order? How is it different from a regular removal order?
An Expedited removal order opposed to a regular removal order is issued at the border by the CBP agents if a person is found inadmissible due to fraud, misrepresentation, false claims to US citizenship or, the most ...
22 July 2016
Author: Deportation attorney Alena Shautsova
Have you ever wondered how your friend or a friend of a friend all over sudden got picked up by Immigration? Often, it happens when an individual gets in trouble with the police. Criminal chargers, or even a traffic ticket may trigger checkups that would lead to removal proceedings being started. Most o ...
13 June 2016
Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova
You received a Notice to Appear issued by immigration authorities, do you need to do anything? The short answer is …Yes! Even if the allegations seem to be ridiculous, you still have to respond and appear in front of the judge. The consequences of not attendance of an Immigration court hearin ...