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Texas On Verge of Giving ‘Peace Officers,’ Magistrate Judges, the Right to Deport Brown, Black People

11/08/2023

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ILRC Leads Sign-On Comment on Proposed Changes to Form I-485

11/07/2023

Family-Based

Immigrant Youth

Public Charge

ILRC led a sign-on effort to provide comment to USCIS on the proposed changes to Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. The comment, submitted November 7, 2023, received over 120 signatures and requested that the agency revise the form for efficiency and to remove barriers to eligible applicants.

ILRC Comment on Proposed Changes to Form I-485

11/07/2023

On November 7, 2023, the ILRC submitted this comment on USCIS’s proposed changes to Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. The comment provides detailed suggestions for alterations to the proposed form as well as suggested language the agency should include. ILRC urged the agency to revise the form to reduce barriers to permanent residence for applicants and adjudicators and to focus on ensuring that the form is accessible for pro se applicants.

The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Survivors of Crime

The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Survivors of Crime will guide you through the entire process of handling an immigration case—from U visa eligibility screening for U nonimmigrant status, to communicating about the waitlist, bona fide determination, and deferred action, to adjustment of status, to assisting eligible family members, and to helping U nonimmigrants travel. In addition to providing a thorough explanation of the U visa requirements and U Visa application processes, this manual includes numerous practice pointers and sample materials to help you in handling your client’s case.

All About U Derivatives

U Visa/T Visa/VAWA

This webinar will cover the different ways that U petitioners can include derivatives, including at the time of filing the principal application, after the principal application has been filed, and after the principal application has been approved...

Introduction to TPS

Temporary Protected Status

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an important form of humanitarian relief for people from certain designated countries that have experienced armed conflict, natural disaster, or other conditions that prevent nationals from returning safely. There...

CSPA: Understanding the Child Status Protection Act

Family-Based

Immigrant Youth

We will review how the CSPA protects certain family-based beneficiaries of immigrant visa petitions and how to calculate the CSPA age. We will also review when the Visa Bulletin is involved, and when and how visa regression affects the CSPA age...

Overview of Naturalization

Citizenship and Naturalization

This training will provide an overview of the legal elements for naturalization, including lawful admission as an LPR, continuous residence and physical presence requirements, the English/civics requirement, exceptions, and the disability waiver, as...

Updates on Prosecutorial Discretion

Removal Defense

This webinar will provide immigration practitioners with an overview of the current prosecutorial discretion landscape after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Texas, 599 U.S. ___(2023). We will discuss how DHS is applying its...

Disrupting Deportation – How to Effectively Vacate your Noncitizens Criminal Convictions for Immigration Purposes

Crimes

Post-Conviction Relief

Since the federal government has failed to provide immigration reform, often times the only way to prevail in immigration court is to vacate your client’s prior criminal conviction or sentence to avoid deportation or to render your client eligible...

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