Matthew Hoppock, Apr. 7, 2019 "After an informal policy shift last year led the USCIS to start denying human trafficking visas by misreading the statutory text, creating a requirement that never existed before, we’ve won our first appeal on the issue. I...
Matter of X-, Nov. 8, 2016 (unpub.) - "A conviction under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1 )(a)(2) for possession with intent to sell ... does not require a showing of an attempt or substantial step towards the completion of unlawful trading or dealing. Indeed, it could...
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - "The admission of up to 110,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest;..." Federal...
"In early 2015, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor will begin exercising its authority to certify applications for trafficking victims seeking T visas. In addition, WHD will expand its existing U visa program by certifying such requests...
"The INA allows a principal T nonimmigrant (the victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, or T-1) to request derivative status for certain family members. ... Section 1221 of VAWA 2013 expanded the derivative category based on present danger of retaliation...
Sale of a controlled substance in violation of section 893.13(1)(a)(1) of the Florida Statutes, which lacks a mens rea element with respect to the illicit nature of the substance but requires knowledge of its presence and includes an affirmative defense for ignorance...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a webinar training session on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss relief options available to victims of human trafficking, domestic violence...
"The purpose of this memorandum is to announce the issuance of revised procedures regarding trafficking victims to replace the current procedures in the Affirmative Asylum Procedures Manual (AAPM)." - USCIS, Nov. 26, 2014 .
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a webinar on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to discuss the various relief options available to victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and...
"Kizzy Kalu, age 49, of Highlands Ranch, [Colorado,] was found guilty today of 89 counts of mail fraud, visa fraud, human trafficking and money laundering by a federal jury, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced. ... According to...
"Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 107(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–457) and Delegation of Waiver Authority Pursuant to Section 107(a) of Public Law 110–457, I hereby determine that a...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) cordially invite interested stakeholders to participate in a web-ex training session on December 6, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 pm (Eastern). During this training subject matter experts from the USCIS Vermont...
Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons - FR Doc. 2012-23641 Filed 09/21/2012 at 11:15 am; Publication Date: 09/24/2012 .
"The Petition for Rehearing En Banc is GRANTED, and the panel’s opinion and judgment are VACATED." - Cece v. Holder, May 31, 2012 . [Hats off to Scott Bratton !]
"Johana Cece, a citizen of Albania, petitions for review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding the denial of her application for asylum because she had not established membership in a particular social group. Cece argues on appeal that...