On Sept. 27, 2024 federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs in two cases, L.A.A.M. v. Zuchowski and C.M.Z. v. Zuchowski . Hats off to superlitigator Jesse Bless !
NILA, Sept. 26, 2024 "Today, a U.S. district court approved the settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. USCIS , a nationwide class action regarding USCIS and EOIR policies preventing asylum seekers...
USCIS, Sept. 27, 2024 "Today, in continued support of Enduring Welcome, and by congressional directive, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it is extending and expanding some previously...
USCIS, Sept. 25, 2024 "Policy Highlights • Clarifies that USCIS calculates the CSPA age of an applicant who established extraordinary circumstances and is excused from the sought to acquire...
NILA, Sept. 25, 2024 "Increasingly, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigration agencies are challenging venue in U.S. district court lawsuits brought by noncitizens...
"On Monday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that a noncitizen received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel where his attorney warned only that a plea to an aggravated felony would make him “eligible for deportation” and that he “face[d] being deported and being denied reentry into the United States.” Commonwealth v. DeJesus, SJC-11392, slip op. (Mass. May 19, 2014). Recognizing the fact-specific nature of the inquiry in these cases, the SJC declined to assign specific language or warnings to be given to noncitizen criminal defendants. ... In an excellent decision, the Court clearly explained why “eligibility” for deportation is inadequate language that fails to convey the inevitability of removal for those pleading guilty to aggravated felonies, and the foreclosure of relief resulting from such a plea." - Sarah J. Schendel, May 22, 2014.
- Sarah J. Schendel