US Deportation Publications
15 March 2013
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 ...
06 March 2013
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 ...
23 February 2013
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 ...
15 February 2013
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 ...
08 January 2013
Author: New York Deportation Attorney
Many times a person ends up in the Immigration Court because of State or Federal charges submitted against him/her or because of the State or Federal conviction.
It happens because nowadays every jail and court has an ICE representative in it, and this person quickly scans and analyzes the records of every de ...
07 December 2012
Author: US Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova
I receive frequent inquiries from non US citizens (people who are in the US on F1 or B1 visa; or those with a green card but no citizenship) who ask me the same question: if they were charged with a shoplifting charge, do they have to prove their innocent to avoid deportation?
First, a person accused ...
22 November 2012
Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova
You probably have heard that if a person entered the country illegally, “nothing can help him” to obtain legal status in the United States even if she/he marries a US citizen.
Well, it is not quite true. It is very difficult for such a person to obtain a status, to wit: most of the time they ...
13 November 2012
Author: US deportation lawyer Alena Shautsova
Cancellation of removal is one of the forms of relief (defense) from removal (deportation). There can be different types of cancellation of removal: for permanent residents, for VAWA beneficiaries, and for certain aliens covered by special laws, and for non- permanent residents. In this publication, ...
24 October 2012
Author: Deportation lawyer Alena Shautsova
A person after removal proceedings may file a motion to reopen or reconsider with the Immigration Court or the Board of Immigration Appeals (the BIA) to receive a permission to restart the case. The procedure is defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act, Immigration Court Practice Manual and ICE Memo ...
15 October 2012
Author: Deportation lawyer Alena Shautsova
Recent news from San Diego, CA regarding ICE raids against the students working as gypsy cab drivers proves that ICE takes seriously violations of INA and particular prohibition on work without authorizations.
The ICE officials searched the apartment building and approximately 40 students who were engage ...