- New ICE Online Detainee Locator System
- Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran Nationals: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the Department of Homeland Security will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of El Salvador. The TPS designation of El Salvador will now expire on March 9, 2012. The current TPS re-registration deadline for nationals of El Salvador is September 7, 2010. Employment authorization will be automatically extended for those who re-register through March 9, 2011.
- Extension of Registration Period for Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Nationals: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the Department of Homeland Security will extend the registration period for Temporary Protected Status for eligible nationals of Haiti. The registration period for nationals of Haiti that was initially from January 21, 2010 until July 20, 2010 is now extended through January 18, 2011. The TPS designation of Haiti will expire on July 22, 2011.
- USCIS Reaches Milestone: 10,000 U Visas Approved in Fiscal Year: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 16, 2010 that it has approved 10,000 petitions for U nonimmigrant status (also referred to as the "U visa") in fiscal year 2010. The U visa affords immigration protection to victims of crime so that they are able to safely assist law enforcement in combating those crimes. This is the first time that USCIS has reached the statutory maximum of 10,000 U visas per fiscal year since it began issuing U visas in 2008. USCIS will resume issuing U visas on October 1, 2010. Until then, USCIS will continue to accept new petitions for U visas and will place conditionally approved petitioners on a waiting list. Conditionally approved petitioners and qualifying family members will be able to legally remain in the United States and request work authorization.
- New Arizona Law, SB 1070, Targets Undocumented Immigrants
- USCIS announced May 5, 2010, that DHS will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Nicaragua and Honduras. Under this extension, the current expiration date of Jul. 5, 2010 has been extended until Jan. 5, 2012. USCIS is also automatically extending the validity of existing employment authorization documents (EADs) held by both Honduran and Nicaraguan TPS beneficiaries for six months, through Jan. 5, 2011. Eligible TPS beneficiaries must timely re-register and apply for an EAD in order to be issued a new Employment Authorization Document.
- Marc Van Der Hout speaks at Chapman University School of Law and University of California, Irvine, School of Law about his work on the infamous “LA 8” case. Please click here to see the flyer from the panel at Chapman.
- New report shows that pending cases in Immigration Courts have reached an all time high of 228,421 matters in the first months of 2010. Thereport attributes the backlog to the failure of both the Bush and Obama administrations to fill the judge vacancies on the Immigration Courts.The report may be viewed at:http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/225/. The website also provides an Immigration Court Caseload Tool, which provides information on casebacklogs and waiting times in each state, court, and hearing location at http://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/court_backlog/.
- A House Divided (San Francisco Chronicle)
- As deportation nears, Novato family draws national attention (marinij.com)
- The Oakland City Council votes in favor of developing municipal identity cards for undocumented immigrants. Read more here.
- Stacy Tolchin awarded American Immigration Law Association's Wasserman litigation award. AILA announcement is in this link.
- Attorney Stacy Tolchin receives the Equal Justice Advocacy Award from the southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Volunteer Immigration Program: Hope and Relief in a New Year
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the validity (at least for now) of Arizona's employer sanctions law, which targets businesses that employ individuals without work authorization. Frustrated by Congress's failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform, states and cities across the country have enacted anti-immigrant laws and ordinances. While the power to regulate immigration is generally a federal power, this decision has opened the door for states and municipalities to address immigration issues on their own. These state and local laws often employ far harsher measures to address immigration and have far fewer protections against discrimination than Congress has enacted in federal law. In the Arizona case, the state law had not yet been enforced and the Ninth Circuit left open the possibility of revisiting the constitutionality of the law upon enforcement.
Read the decision (PDF)
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USCIS Announces 18-month Extension of TPS for Nationals of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to nationals of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras. The extension will make those who have already been granted TPS eligible to reregister and maintain their status for an additional 18 months. For nationals of Nicaragua and Honduras, the extension is through July 5, 2010. TPS does not apply to Nicaraguan or Honduran nationals who entered the United States after Dec. 30, 1998.
For nationals of El Salvador, the extension is through September 9, 2010. TPS does not apply to Salvadoran nationals who entered the United States after Feb. 13, 2001.
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Attorney Stacy Tolchin, of the firm's Los Angeles Office, receives the National Immigration Law Center's 2008 Award for her work coordinating the private bar's participation in the Los Angeles Raids Rapid Response Network.
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Northern California Super Lawyers 2008 magazine picks:
Marc Van Der Hout named one of the top 100 lawyers and top immigration lawyers.
Christine Brigagliano and Zachary Nightingale, both named top immigration lawyers.
- Pair eager to leave their legal limbo
- U.S. loses 20-year attempt to deport 2 immigrants
- U.S. told to end effort to deport Palestinians
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