Trump Administration Proposes Further Impediments to Judicial Review – Fees Nearly 900% of the Current Rate
Written By: Mary-Lynn Tedesco At present, fees for appellate review of decisions by Immigration Judges, as well as for motions to reopen removal orders, is set at $110. There is no fee currently to file a motion to reconsider with an immigration judge. This is a manageable fee for individuals who seek to review erroneous decisions by immigration judges. And with the Trump administration’s attacks on long-standing asylum laws and [...]
Trump Administration Promotes Hardline Judges To Fill Board of Immigration Appeals
The Trump administration is continuing to use its power over the Immigration Court system to make legal immigration processes for immigrants more difficult. The latest action comes as six Judges with a questionable history of handling asylum cases have been promoted to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which reviews all Immigration Judge decisions. This latest move, as reported by Noah Lanard with the Mother Jones news outlet, appears to be [...]
A new rule could have a big impact for those seeking asylum at the southern border
As reported by 11 Alive's Elwyn Lopez, the Trump administration announced new asylum rules, which would impact many migrants seeking asylum at the U.S-Mexico border from Central America. The change? If you pass through another country on your way to the U.S. to seek asylum and don't ask for asylum there first, you would be ineligible to seek protection at the southern border. For full article click here!
ICE Doesn’t Have to Release You from Detention, Matter of M-S explained.
Attorney General Barr in Matter of M-S-, 27 I&N Dec. 509 (A.G. 2019): Even If you Have Credible Fear of Being Persecuted or Tortured, ICE Doesn’t Have to Release You from Detention Since its beginnings in 2017, the Trump administration has touted plans to build a wall, then to close the border, then to keep migrants in Mexico as they await Court hearings. The administration’s plans have garnered the attention [...]
Two Sides Fight For CLT Council Support On ICE – Feat. Jennifer Trujillo
Two sides of the immigration debate are fighting for city council support in Charlotte, NC. The Fogle Law Firm's very own Jennifer Trujillo was in attendance to help raise support for one side to bring a stop to the increased ICE detentions happening across the city of Charlotte as well as cities all over the country. One side wants Council to take a stand against increased ICE detainment. The other [...]
What 21 Savage’s ICE Detainment Says About Immigration in America
Principal Member and Founder, Glenn Fogle meets with magazine Complex to discuss what 21 Savage's ICE detainment says about immigration in America and specifically in the Atlanta circuits where ICE has developed a hard reputation for having one of her hardest immigration court systems in the country. In Atlanta, where 21 Savage was arrested, the odds are blatantly stacked against the undocumented. “All the judges here, just about all of [...]
Fogle Law Firm Principal, Glenn Fogle, speaks with 11 Alive WXIA Atlanta
Glenn Fogle speaks with 11 Alive WXIA Atlanta about the effects of the government shutdown on the Immigration Courts. "These cases are getting delayed, so people have to sit in jail for longer, which costs the government more money," attorney Glenn Fogle told Lopez. "The courts, the people who process all these cases are not there. The judges have been furloughed,and they can't hear any non-detained cases." For the full [...]
Fogle Law Firm client, Rebwar Hassan on WXIA NBC in Atlanta
Fogle Law Firm client, Rebwar Hassan on WXIA NBC in Atlanta — released from ICE detention in time for Christmas. For full article on WXIA NBC click here.
75 year-old Fogle Law Firm client saved from deportation
It’s one of those days that makes it worth being an Immigration Lawyer—saving a 75 year-old client from deportation . . . . —Glenn Fogle, Principal, Fogle Law Firm
Law Abiding Green Card Applicant Is Detained By ICE
Fogle Law Firm Principal, Glenn Fogle speaks with Atlanta WXIA reporter, Elwyn Lopez, about our Czech Republic client green card applicant who was arrested by an ICE squad for no reason when he was legally allowed to be in the U.S. Full story at 11alive.com can be found here Here
Birthright Citizenship Debate: Much Ado About Nothing?
By: Mary-Lynn Tedesco Since Axios on HBO teased an interview with President Trump about his opinions on birthright citizenship and his [mistaken] belief that those born on U.S. soil could have their citizenship stripped by an executive order alone, many have become concerned about their status in the United States. Children of the undocumented who have grown up never worrying about their livelihoods in the U.S. are now, justifiably, concerned. However, [...]
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing Again – Is Simeio or Trump to Blame?
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing Again – Is Simeio or Trump to Blame? By: Brandi knox, Esq. U.S.-based employers will have to wait until February of next year to utilize the government's expedited processing option for cap-subject H-1B visa petitions, H-1B change of employer petitions and certain other H-1B petition types. On August 28, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the temporary suspension of the agency’s premium processing service would [...]
Glenn Fogle Argues in US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
The Fogle Law Fim, LLC is one of the top Immigration Litigation Law Firms in the country. We have successfully appealed a very large number of cases with the Board of Immigration Appeals as well as a number of cases in various U.S. Circuit Courts across the county. Today we focus on the latest argument: 15-73652 Patrick Prince v. Jefferson Sessions handled by principal member and founder Glenn Fogle in the [...]
FAMILY UNIFICATION IS NOT CHAIN MIGRATION
FAMILY UNIFICATION IS NOT CHAIN MIGRATION By: Louise Mucino “THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND DO NOT PURPORT TO BE THOSE OF THE FOGLE LAW FIRM.” Recently, certain prominent officials in the public eye made some statements to support the idea of restricting Family-based immigration (along with the visa lottery). This official's statement was somewhere along the line of saying that a [...]
Important Things to Know Before Your Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status Interview
The 5 Most Important Things to Know Before Your Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status Interview By Mary-Lynn Tedesco You and your spouse have married, and decided to take the step to file for adjustment of status. You may be excited, nervous, ready, or a mix of all of the above! But what do you REALLY need to know before walking through the doors of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”)? [...]
Funding Bill Deadline and Immigration Economics
Funding Bill Deadline and Immigration Economics BY: MIHAI SALAGEAN “THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND DO NOT PURPORT TO BE THOSE OF THE FOGLE LAW FIRM.” As Friday’s deadline grows near Congress needs to consider the economic benefits of accepting the Democrats bill proposal to avoid yet another partial government shut-down. It’s belief that the United States immigration system needs to be [...]
The American Dream
“The American Dream” By: Claudia Rea “The opinions expressed in the following commentary are solely those of the author and do not purport to be those of The Fogle Law Firm.” Ever since I moved to the U.S. I’ve always had a personal conflict with the phrase “The American Dream”. With all honesty, my journey in the U.S. has been a lot of things but not a dream. Throughout ups [...]
GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT LAUNCHED AMID MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TREATMENT
GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT LAUNCHED AMID MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TREATMENT By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC The government does not seem to know when to draw the line in the sand when it comes to the treatment of immigrants in this country. This is especially telling when that negative treatment involves minors or young adults fleeing horrible situations existing in their home country. Luis Sanchez with The Hill brings us news [...]
ICE ARRESTS INCREASE AS DREAMERS DEADLINE PASSES
ICE ARRESTS INCREASE AS DREAMERS DEADLINE PASSES A few weeks ago Congress attempted to protect dreamers and provide a much-needed bipartisan immigration solution. Four proposals were brought before the Senate and all four bills failed to get the necessary votes for Congress to keep its word and protect the Dreamers by week’s end. With all the attention surrounding Congress’ open immigration debate in early February, many may not have noticed [...]
Harsh Immigration Enforcement Continues Under Trump
HARSH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TACTICS CONTINUE AS CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS Separating children from parents seeking asylum is a crisis and the result of a broken immigration system that is constantly being attacked and degraded by the president. The disgusting behavior made possible by Trump’s war on immigration and Congress’ failure to protect dreamers last week devastates the American people and adds to a long list of unmet promises. One [...]
Senate Fails to Protect Dreamers as all Immigration Bills Bombed Yesterday
Senate Fails to Protect Dreamers as all Immigration Bills Bombed Yesterday By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Congress and lawmakers have again disappointed the nation. The Senate put four immigration bills yesterday up for a vote in hopes to make good on their promise to protect the Dreamers who risk deportation after March 5th, absent two Federal Courts blocking that action by the Trump Administration. All four bills failed to [...]
TRUMP’S THREATS TO VETO IMMIGRATION BILL ADDS PRESSURE TO IMMIGRATION DEBATE
TRUMP’S THREATS TO VETO IMMIGRATION BILL ADDS PRESSURE TO IMMIGRATION DEBATE By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC As we continue to keep a close eye on the open immigration debate underway this week, Senator Charles E. Grassley introduced the bill “Secure and Succeed Act.” A proposal that reads as if it was ghost-written by President Trump himself, which of course, he spent no time publicly supporting. “I am asking all [...]
TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION IDEAS ATTACK THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION IDEAS ATTACK THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Regardless of one’s views on race and ethnicity in America, it does not change the fact that the very identity of the United States is composed of immigrant histories from all over the planet. If you are not native American then at some point in the family tree your ancestors were not of this land. Just [...]
DREAMERS AND FAMILIES FACE UNCERTAIN TIMES AS CONGRESS DEBATES IMMIGRATION
DREAMERS AND FAMILIES FACE UNCERTAIN TIMES AS CONGRESS DEBATES IMMIGRATION Today congress embarks on a debate that could lead to an immigration bipartisan fix. With the March 5, 2018 deadline quickly approaching, the fate of roughly 700,000 people enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA remain in limbo. As the debate begins it is anyone’s guess what the outcome will be as Senate Majority Leader Mitch [...]
Immigration Attorney Glenn Fogle sits down with Telemundo Atlanta
Atlanta Immigration Attorney Glenn Fogle sits down with Telemundo Atlanta Following Immigration Judge Dan Trimble’s the most recent rejection of his client, Guatemalan native Wilhen Hill Barrientos' asylum application, Top Immigration attorney Glenn Fogle has appealed the judge’s ruling and has teamed up with non-profit The Immigration Education Project (I.E.P.) to assist in the efforts to get Wilhen’s case granted. Telemundo Atlanta journalist Irene Díaz-Bazán quotes in her latest article [...]
American Casualties Continue in War on Immigration
American Casualties Continue in War on Immigration By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC When we say American casualties, we are not talking about physical deaths. We are describing some completely and utterly unacceptable happening to American Citizens as a result of the Trump administration’s war on immigration. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is actually detaining and deporting to a foreign land more and more actual US citizens due to immigration [...]
Appellate Victories Still Exist for Dedicated Immigration Attorney
Appellate Victories Still Exist for Dedicated Immigration Attorney By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC This year has seen fear and uncertainty spread across this country for immigrant communities everywhere like never before as President Trump and his administration continue ramp up on immigration enforcement and further expose the failures of our already broken immigration system. Many wonder whether all is lost in the quest for improvement in the immigration landscape. [...]
Immigration Officers Staking Out Courthouses for Immigrants
Immigration Officers Staking Out Courthouses for Immigrants By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Recent events make us wonder whether there is anything the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Trump Administration will not do to give the appearance that they are actually protecting the country. They certainly have many in the immigrant communities living in fear of them and law enforcement in general. Part of that fear may come [...]
Trump Ends Immigration Benefits
Trump Ends Immigration Benefits for Thousands of Immigrants By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Talks have been going on for a while now pertaining to what Trump and his administration were going to do with the renewal of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program regarding Central American countries and Haiti. Late yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was ending TPS benefits for over five thousand Nicaraguan nationals. [...]
DACA Battle Continues to Threaten Gov. Shutdown
DACA Battle Continues to Threaten Government Shutdown By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC The end of last week saw our President again backtracking on his promise to protect beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, by agreeing with fellow Republicans that they would oppose addressing a legislative fix for the program as part of the end of year funding legislation, which needs to be passed by December [...]
Immigration Agents Loose in New York City
Immigration Agents Loose in New York City By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Yesterday saw another victory take place for New York City in its response to Trump and his administration’s war on immigration. In an effort to keep federal agents from using city resources the New York City Council voted unanimously to a bill that would prevent local police from assisting federal agents in the tracking and apprehension of [...]
Central Americans and the Temporary Protected Status Program.
Central Americans and the Temporary Protected Status Program. By The Fogle Law Firm, LLC We are quickly reaching the end of a year that has seen a good deal of activity from Trump and his administration pertaining to his aggressive anti-immigration agenda. This is not surprising to those who paid attention to rhetoric from his campaign that was saturated with his war-on-immigration rants. There is a new fear as an [...]
Immigration Officer Offered Protection for Sex and Cash
Immigration Officer Offered Protection for Sex and Cash By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC It’s not enough we have the Trump Administration relentlessly waging war on immigrants and the and not doing anything to fix our broken immigration system, there is also the continuing problem of corruption within our Immigration agencies. Former Immigration officer Arnaldo Echevarria, 40, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey, was sentenced to 7 [...]
Trump Refugee Ban Ends Today
Trump Refugee Ban Ends Today By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Finally, one of President Trump’s infamous anti-immigration executive orders has come to an end. The particular order to which we are referring, is the refugee ban he signed earlier this year, halting admissions for refugees from all countries minus a few exceptions. The end of the ban did come with some stipulations. There are much more tougher screening procedures [...]
I.E.P answers call for duty
Immigration Education Project answers the call for Duty By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Esperanza Cristancho, like so many focused and determined immigrants who sought to come to America in search of a better life for herself and her family, has an amazing story. She comes from Bogota, Colombia where she grew up in a cultural household where she was not always allowed to be free spirited to make her [...]
Congress Prepares for Bitter Partisan
Congress Prepares for Bitter Partisan Clash in December By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC As we approach the end of President Donald Trump’s first year in office there is much to evaluate as Congress prepares for a brewing battle that could have disastrous results for the U.S government which will culminate in December. There are so many things that have caused a great division this past year throughout the country. [...]
Trumps Immigration Deal Demands
Trumps Immigration Deal Demands By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC President Donald Trump’s war on immigration clearly shows no signs of slowing down. The last month saw a lot of activity from Trump and his Administration. We saw targeted raid attacks on sanctuary cities because Trump felt the need to show his dissatisfaction at the pushback from various heavily populated immigrant cities deemed to be light on illegal immigration and [...]
Sanctuary Cities Victories Continue
Sanctuary Cities Victories Continue By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC We all have been watching as Donald Trump and his administration continue to incite his war on immigration. Over the past few weeks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have conducted raids on immigrants living in Sanctuary Cities. The raids were clearly the Trump Administration’s answer to the push-back from various cities and jurisdictions that felt that Trump and his [...]
Trump’s Priorities for Immigration Reform
Trump's Priorities for Immigration Reform By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC It is no secret that president Donald Trump has made the bulk of his presidency about keeping his campaign promise of restricting immigration to America. His Administration’s last move against immigration was ending the DACA program. The DACA program was brought about during the Obama administration as an answer to help the children who were brought here illegally by [...]
Immigration War Targeting Public Safety
Immigration War Targeting the Safety of our Communities By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC In the wake of last week’s sanctuary city raids that has furthered divided America and sparked fear in communities all over the country. Donald trump and his administration have followed up on the president’s threat to use federal funds as a weapon against sanctuary cities. In July of this year, following threats from the Trump administration [...]
Sanctuary State Official
California Governor Makes “Sanctuary State” Official By: The Fogle Law Firm Earlier today California Gov. Jerry Brown made a move that resulted in the creation of yet another tool that can be used to fight President Trump’s war on immigration. The Signing of the “Sanctuary State” legislation extends protections for the immigrants here illegally. What does this bill actually mean for California and its immigrant community? For starters police will [...]
Crime of Violence Flaw in Immigration Law
The Crime of Violence Flaw in Immigration Law By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC Firstly, on the topic of violence, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families and loved ones from the country’s most devastating mass shooting in modern history, recently in Las Vegas. With so much division and seemingly increasing social hate under flourishing since Donald Trump has been elected President, we are truly living [...]
Sanctuary Cities Targeted By Immigration
Sanctuary Cities targeted in Latest Immigration Raids By: The Fogle Law Firm Yesterday “sanctuary” cities were obvious targets for hundreds of arrests in an operation targeting communities where local police and officials have refused perform the federal government’s duty and detain immigrants or otherwise fully cooperate with enforcing this country’s broken immigration laws. One of the key areas where a lot of these raids were taking place was none other [...]
More Warnings for President Donald Trump
More Warnings for President Donald Trump By: The Fogle Law Firm, LLC It may come as no surprise that there has been another round of serious grievances and warnings directed towards our Reality Show President and his administration. The Trump administration has announced its new travel restrictions that updates the President’s previous travel ban that was tied up in court and expired on September 24, 2017. Horrible timing does not [...]
Sheriff Fights Broken Immigration System
Sheriff Fights Broken Immigration System By: The Fogle Law Firm If only there were more local officials willing to take a stand against the broken immigration system that seems to only be getting crazier under the leadership of our current president Donald Trump. Stand-up local officials like York County Sheriff William King has become a part of that group taking a stand. A York County jail inmate has an immigration [...]
The End Of DACA Is Here
The end of DACA. We at the Fogle Law Firm have been watching for the expected termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (known by its acronym, DACA) the White House has been hinting at all Labor Day Weekend. Today, our xenophobic Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, addressed the nation and sneered at the young people that were brought here as infants and children by their parents that have no status [...]
The demographics of Immigration
The demographics of Immigration clearly show what we've always known. That the United States of America was quite literally built on immigration. However, current US immigration rules and laws are highly complex and are often quite tricky to figure out and there is a lot of complicated bureaucracy that might make things all the more complicated. When you really think about it, it is really impossible to ignore the weight [...]
Expanding Protection for Illegal Immigrants
Expanding protection for illegal immigrants seems to be the response from Los Angeles towards Donald Trumps aggressive immigration stance. Los Angeles might be well known for the bright California sun and the star-studded Hollywood hills, but it also has a well-deserved reputation as one of America’s biggest “sanctuary” cities. Local authorities do not necessarily report to and/or hold people for Federal Immigration Agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [...]
LA Authorities vs ICE Officers
LA authorities are not fond of cooperating with ICE officers The LA Authorities vs ICE Officers battles continues. Los Angeles, California, is certainly considered one of the biggest and most prominent “sanctuary” cities in the United States. In case you are not familiar, a “sanctuary city” is a term that is used to describe those cities in the United States that do not want to do the federal government’s [...]
Immigration Court System Overwhelmed
President Donald Trump already stressed his position on immigration even earlier on during his presidential campaign. Following his election, he stayed true to his pledge and initiated one of the heaviest crackdowns on undocumented immigration in current US history, causing panic among many minority communities across the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers set out to pursue and track down many undocumented aliens as they could, arresting large [...]
Metro transit police caught
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The Insanity Over “Sanctuary” Cities
American immigration and United States refugee crisis concept as people on a border wall with a US flag as a social issue about refugees or illegal immigrants with the cast shadow of a group of migrating women men and children. The Insanity Over “Sanctuary” Cities By: H. Glenn Fogle, Jr. There has been a lot in the news recently about so-called “Sanctuary Cities” and how the Trump Administration [...]
The Resurgence of Private Prisons and the Rise of the Police State
The Resurgence of Private Prisons and the Rise of the Police State By: Glenn Fogle, Esq. for The Immigration Education Project Donald Trump's Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, has signaled that he would bring back private prison contracts for Federal prisons which had begun to be phased out by the previous Department of Justice. This is not surprising with the shamelessly corrupt Trump administration because the Trump campaign received large [...]
A Day Without Google?
A Day Without Google? By: Esperanza Cristancho (The Immigration Education Project) On February 16, 2017, a "Day Without Immigrants” was organized in the U.S. through social media as a protest to show Trump and his xenophobic administration the contribution of immigrants to our country and the grave financial consequences that his harsh immigration policies could bring to the economy. Not surprisingly, given the anti-immigrant rhetoric from his campaign and since Trump won [...]
Beware . . .US Customs and Border Protection Can Take Your Cell Phones at the Airport
Beware . . . US Customs and Border Protection Can Take Your Cell Phones at the Airport by: H. Glenn Fogle, Jr. One of the most shocking news stories this week is of a NASA scientist, who is a natural born United States citizen but happens to be of South Asian descent, who was stopped at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport along with refugees and travelers from the seven Muslim [...]
What About Trump’s Wall?
What About Trump's Wall? By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Esq. Donald Trump as the new president, during his first week in office signed an Executive Order supposedly putting into motion the building of his famous “wall” on the US Mexican border. Earlier this week he boasted again that he was going to build his “wall” and he was “not kidding.” Aside from the fact that it is practically impossible to build [...]
Trump’s Executive Order Debacle
Trump's Executive Order Debacle By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr. Esq., Principal Member of the Fogle Law Firm, LLC To start with, the United States is bound by the UN Refugee Convention (an international treaty on refugees) which has been ratified by the Senate in accord with the U.S. Constitution as the “supreme law of the land,” as well as our asylum laws (with some limited exceptions), not to send anyone [...]
The End of NSEERS
The End of NSEERS By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr, Esq. The week before Christmas, President Obama ordered the Department of Homeland Security to finally terminate the shuttered “Muslim” registration program known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). Though not “specifically” directed at Muslims (as that would clearly be unconstitutional), NSEERS required males over 16 years of age from 25 predominantly Muslim countries (excepting North Korea) to register with [...]
What about the Dreamers?
WHAT ABOUT THE DREAMERS? By: H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Esq. After the DREAM Act, which was designed to assist children who were brought by their parents to the United States either without inspection or no longer in status, was defeated in the Senate in late 2010 and early 2011, President Obama issued an executive order known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), designed to assist those individuals who would [...]
Immigration Makes America Great
Immigration Makes America Great by: H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Esq. The continued arrival of immigrants into the American colonies and later the United States has been a constant since the new world was discovered by the Europeans in the late 1400s. Because of this, our country has brought the best, brightest and most motivated from around the world to contribute to making our country the greatest in the world. There [...]
Signals on Immigration from Trump Administration
Signals on Immigration from Trump Administration By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Esq., November 22, 2016 Based on those either nominated for cabinet positions or advising the President-Elect on immigration, America looks like it is returning to the post-911 days of paranoia and scapegoating of immigrants—particularly of the Muslim faith. It appears that Trump advisor, Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State, and author and proponent of many State anti-immigrant laws [...]
Immigration Landscape Under Trump Presidency
Immigration Landscape Under Trump Presidency By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Principal Member of The Fogle Law Firm, LLC We here at The Fogle Law Firm, LLC are still trying to digest the election results and the fact that an individual with no government experience, was elected to the presidency by a minority of the electorate and less than one sixth of the population. However, at this juncture, there is nothing [...]
USCIS Raising Application Filing Fees for the First time in Six years
USCIS Raising Application Filing Fees for the First time in Six years By H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Principal Member of The Fogle Law Firm, LLC United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the adjudication branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are raising their application fees again, and depending on what type of application you are filing, it may cost you significantly more to file immigration petitions and applications [...]
Visa Program Up for Renewal Amid Allegations of Fraud
WASHINGTON — A contentious visa program that allows wealthy foreigners to obtain a green card by investing in economic development projects will expire at the end of this month unless Congress acts to extend it. The program, called EB-5, allows foreign investors to gain a quicker path to citizenship by investing from $500,000 to more than $1 million to finance a business that eventually employs, directly or indirectly, at least 10 [...]
USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs
Release Date: August 26, 2016 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) so that they may start or scale their businesses here in the United States. Read the advance version of the notice of proposed rulemaking: International Entrepreneur Rule. Once the notice of proposed rulemaking is published in the [...]
USCIS to Allow Additional Applicants for Provisional Waiver Process
Release Date: July 29, 2016 Rule to Extend Process to All Individuals Who Are Statutorily Eligible for the Waiver WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule expanding the existing provisional waiver process to allow certain individuals who are family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs), and who are statutorily eligible for immigrant visas, to more easily navigate the immigration process. The provisional waiver process promotes family unity [...]
Immigration Judges Decide 57 Percent Entitled to Remain in U.S.
During the first ten months of FY 2016, immigration judges have determined that 96,223 noncitizens against whom Homeland Security sought removal orders were entitled to remain in this country. By the end of this fiscal year this pace is on track to surpass the record set last year of 106,676 noncitizens that the court found could remain in the U.S. These outcomes account for 56.8 percent of all cases that [...]
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Real estate laws on the move
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Private equity firm takes control
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Tax litigation at your door
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Intellectual property disputes
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Entertainment industry acquisitions
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Executive Action on Immigration Impact on Employment-Based Petitions
Executive Action on Immigration Impact on Employment-Based Petitions President Obama announced changes to the United States’ immigration policy via executive action on November 20, 2014. The President outlined several changes to business immigration processes and procedures. These changes, outlined below, contain vague guidelines and uncertain timelines, especially compared to changes in family-based immigration law. These executive actions will come into place upon the issuance of necessary guidance and regulations, [...]
U.S. Department of State Grants Temporary Protected Status to Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
U.S. Department of State Grants Temporary Protected Status to Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) to people currently residing in the U.S. from countries stricken with Ebola. Eligible nationals from Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone (and people without nationality who last habitually resided in one of these countries) who are currently residing in the United States are now able [...]
Executive Action on Immigration Impact on Family-Based Petitions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] November 25, 2014 Executive Action on Immigration Impact on Family-Based Petitions On Thursday, November 20, President Obama announced a series of executive actions on U.S. immigration. These actions include benefits under deferred action initiatives and provisional unlawful presence waivers. A. Deferred Action Initiatives The executive actions addressed two changes to deferred action initiatives, including an extension of the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and the [...]
Nueva Ley de Inmigración del Presidente Obama
Noviembre 20, 2014 Estimada familia, Nueva Ley de Inmigración del Presidente Obama El abogado H. Glenn Fogle, Jr. y todo el equipo de su bufete de abogados celebra la acción ejecutiva que el Presidente Obama anuncio para otorgar alivio temporal a aproximadamente 4.4 millones de inmigrantes que se encuentran en los Estados Unidos. Como usted sabe, nuestra firma ha luchado incansablemente no solo por las familias que representamos a diario, [...]
Letter to Senator Saxby Chambliss – H Glenn Fogle Jr.
This is my letter to Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss in reply to his response to my correspondence to him urging him to vote for S. 744, the Senate Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill. The Senator’s response encapsulates some of the Republican anti-immigrant rhetoric about “securing our borders” which is a simply a knee-jerk solution often chanted like a mantra in conjunction with “rule of law” by vocal minority groups within the [...]
Immigration Reform on the Horizon? – The Fogle Law Firm, LLC
Article By: H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., Principal Member of The Fogle Law Firm, LLC. Immigration Reform on the Horizon? We have been watching the prospects of Immigration Reform for the last several months and now the Senate version of immigration reform is on the floor of the Senate up for a vote in the very near future. The Senate test vote was 67-27 for the bill which is almost where [...]
Puertas a medio abrir
En algunos condados de Georgia parece complicarse la obtención de la visa U, un beneficio migratorio para personas que cooperan con las autoridades tras haber sido víctimas de violencia doméstica u otros crímenes. Así lo denunciaron a MundoHispánico abogados, defensores y sobrevivientes de abuso familiar, quienes responzabilizan a las agencias gubernamentales a cargo de certificar las denuncias. Cuando una víctima de violencia doméstica solicita beneficiarse de la visa U, la [...]
Immigration Agency Releases Detainees As Spending Cuts Loom.
We see detained cases every day and most of those detained are completely unnecessary (other than to keep the private prison industry afloat). This is one good way to save the taxpayers money and reduce the Federal deficit . . . Click Here for full article by the Huffington Post.
Let’s hope for fair and balanced immigration reform….
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Immigration reform now seems likely. The question now is what kind of reform. One that provides a simple and straightforward path to U.S. citizenship for undocumented workers or one that makes them wait years and years for permanent legal status? Expect the debate to start in earnest in January. For now, immigrants’ rights advocates are happy that some relief for undocumented immigrants is on the way. [...]
Young Dreamers Fighting For A Worthy Cause……
by Sandra Lilley, @sandralilley 5:45 pm on 11/20/2012 Giovanni Diaz, a Dreamer from Georgia, and Victor Perez, a Dreamer from Alabama, were among a group of young undocumented immigrants who traveled to protest in front of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s offices, asking for his resignation as well as a stop to his work drafting immigration laws such as Arizona’s SB1070 and Alabama’s HB 56. The Dreamers are also [...]
Cloud lifts over young immigrants seeking legal status, but concerns remain….
By: Matt O'Brien San Jose Mercury News The force field protecting Jirayut Latthivongskorn comes from a glossy, federally issued work permit that wards off deportation and lets him get a job, overcoming the legal barriers that have long clouded his ambitions and shadowed his life. Mailed to homes in fast-growing numbers, the cards are changing the lives of about 300,000 young immigrants, a quarter of them from California, who took [...]
Held In U.S. Jail ‘For Three Months Without Trial Or Chance To Post Bail’
Duncan Roy, who filmed the 2002 film AKA, was arrested and held in L.A. for three months without trial or chance to post bail Immigration authorities 'put a 48-hour hold on director posting bail - and it lasted 89 DAYS' By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:19 October 2012 Director Duncan Roy was arrested last November - and held in prison for three months without a trial or the option to post bail [...]
The Public Needs To Be Educated About This Beneficial Program…….
(Reuters) - Carlos Roa celebrated this summer when the Obama administration announced a new program to defer deportation for young undocumented immigrants. But two months into the program, the 25-year-old activist has yet to apply. Roa, whose parents brought him here from Venezuela when he was two, is facing many of the same worries and complications as thousands of the other young immigrants, who call themselves "Dreamers" after the failed [...]
Mitt Romney would honor deportation exemptions, But would not grant new ones!
"Mitt Romney would honor deportation exemptions issued to young illegal immigrants under President Obama’s executive action but would not grant new ones" By Callum Borchers, Globe Correspondent Mitt Romney would not revoke temporary deportation exemptions granted to young illegal immigrants under an executive action by President Obama, but he also would not issue new protective documents if elected. “The people who have received the special visa that the president has [...]
A Flood of Applications, With a Trickle of Approvals
Justino Mora, a leader of a movement of young illegal immigrants, is among the first to benefit from a program offering a two-year deportation deferral. Ann Johansson for The New York Times Mr. Mora, who was born in Mexico but has been living illegally in California since he was 11, was one of the first immigrants to send in his supporting documents for a new program that [...]
“Fogle Law Firm Client Eddy Eddyto Reprieved From Deportation”
By: Michael Smothers Pekin Daily Times reporter msmothers@pekintimes.com Posted August 21. 2012 9:00PM A sad future separated from his family by half a world could have begun Tuesday for Eddy Eddyto. With help from high levels, the future changed. Both a Republican and a Democratic congressman came to Eddyto’s aide. The nation’s secretary of Homeland Security heard of his case. Hundreds of letters came to the White House. Thousands of [...]
NBC News article featuring Principal Attorney, H. Glenn Fogle, Jr.
National NBC News article featuring Principal Attorney, H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., and Fogle Law Firm clients, Floyd Abdul and Ivan Stobert , about the Etowah Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama. In 2006, he traveled from Moldova to the United States on a visa. While here, he fell in love and in 2008 married a U.S. citizen. He became a permanent legal resident, bought a house in the Atlanta area and [...]
The Deferred Action Program Is Here!
The Fogle Law Firm, LLC, a top nationwide Immigration Law Firm, is specifically dedicated to educating potential beneficiaries of the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act, if enacted, would allow certain young immigrants brought into the United States as children, who are now out of or have no immigration status, to register and regularize their status in the United States. Although the DREAM Act has not been enacted, President Obama on [...]
President Obama to Halt Removal of DREAMers!!!
The Obama administration announced today that it will offer indefinite reprieves from deportation for young immigrants who were brought to the country as minors and meet other specific requirements. The move, hailed by immigration advocates as a bold response to the broken immigration system, temporarily eliminates the possibility of deportation for youths who would qualify for relief under the DREAM Act, giving Congress the space needed to craft a [...]
Attorney Julio E. Moreno, Esq. speaking about our client Jesus Cruz . . .
NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO ATLANTA. JUEZ APLAZA DEPORTACION DE JESUS CRUZ DOS MESES.
Client, Ela Lobo, who we were able to get released from detention!
Fogle Law Firm client, Ela Lobo, who we were able to get released from detention on the cover of La Noticia Spanish-Language newspaper for all our Spanish speakers .......... Fogle Law Firm attorney Ariadne Berrios, who worked tirelessly on this case, is mentioned in the article. For Full Article Click Here
Fogle Law Firm Launches Campaign for the Immigrant Community!
“Are You An IMGT?” (“IMGT” short for “Immigrant”) is an immigration awareness and advocacy campaign brought to you by The Fogle Law Firm, LLC, one of the most respected immigration firms in the country. The goal of this campaign is to give back to the immigrant community by promoting immigrant awareness and knowledge of individual rights and opportunities under U.S. laws as well as advocating various immigrant community causes through [...]
Non-Deportable Immigrants Languish in Alabama Detention Center at Taxpayers’ Expense
Immigration violations are civil, not criminal infractions. But for many non-criminal immigrant detainees living alongside criminal inmates at the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama, that distinction carries little meaning. Far removed from families and legal orientation programs, many of the 350 immigrant detainees housed at the Etowah Detention Center have received deportation orders, but for various reasons cannot be deported. Many are serving the maximum allowable time in detention, [...]
Fogle Law Firm Attorney Julio Moreno Live on Univision Television
Aquí y Ahora: A punto de ser deportado tras ganar lotería..... Su jefe le disputa ser el dueño del ticket ganador y ahora lo han vinculado hasta con actos terroristas. The Fogle Law Firm Attorney Julio Moreno on national Univision Show about our client Mr. Cua-Toc who won a $750,000 lottery ticket which was stolen by his boss and cashed. When he confronted his boss, he called the police and [...]
Federal Judge Blocks Parts of South Carolina anti-immigration Law
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed the state's anti-illegal immigration law on June 27. (CNN) -- A federal judge in Charleston, South Carolina blocked Thursday parts of the state's anti-illegal immigration law approved by the legislature last summer. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel blocked three parts of the law, known both as SB20 and Act 69. The first section blocked makes it a felony to transport or conceal a person [...]
Detainees: Working For $1 A Day, Using Phone for $5 A Minute
Correction Corporation of America's Stewart facility in Lumpkin, Georgia is the largest private detention center in the nation. It holds 2000 detainees, charging taxpayers up to $200 a night and producing yearly profits that hover between $35 and $50 million. The facility secures more income through cost cutting measures that range from denying basic necessary services to detained immigrants to limiting access to their family members. Stewart detention center is [...]
Sexual Abuse: Penn State vs. Immigrant Detention Centers
The shocking events that unfolded at Penn State last week are a stark reminder of the sludge that rises to the surface when a sexual abuse scandal is uncovered. Victims often fail to speak out — perhaps out of embarrassment, perhaps out of fear, perhaps out of the sheer fact that no one will take them seriously. Accused perpetrators hide their behavior. If discovered they deny, minimize and often [...]
Political Gamble For Gingrich On Immigration
Washington (CNN) -- Newt Gingrich said he was ready to "take the heat" for backing limited amnesty for longtime illegal immigrants. The heat came quickly. Top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination immediately labeled the former House speaker's stance as outright amnesty -- a virtual swear word in to many GOP conservatives. With Gingrich rising in the polls, his political gamble on such a volatile issue could play well with [...]
Alabama Immigration Law Robs Citizens Of Their Own Future
By the Editors at Bloomberg.com Oct 20, 2011 7:00 PM ET Herman Cain has talked about an electrified fence. Michele Bachmann prefers a “double- walled” model to keep out “anchor babies.” And everyone but Texas Governor Rick Perry agrees that young illegal immigrants who have grown up in the U.S. shouldn’t have the same access to higher education as the children of citizens. As they seek to appease nativist rumblings [...]
Support The Dream Act (Senate Bill 952)
Signatures 160 out of 10,000 Petitioning Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss Created By Tonna Harris-Bosselmann Atlanta, GA WHY THIS IS IMPORTANTClick Here to Sign Petition A group of your constituents in Georgia pleading with you to co-sponsor the DREAM Act, Senate Bill 952. The young people who would benefit from the DREAM Act were brought to the United States as children, have grown up here, and have gone [...]
EB-5 Visa (for Employment Creation Foreign Nationals)
The EB-5 classification was created in 1990 for certain foreign national investors. The two main requirements for obtaining an EB-5 employment based visa is, first, the foreign national must invest $1 million in a new United States business (or $500,000 in a targeted employment area). Secondly, the foreign national must guarantee to provide full-time employment to at least 10 (ten) qualified United States workers (not including the applicant, his/her spouse, [...]
EB1-1 (Individuals with Extraordinary Abilities)
Foreign nationals who demonstrate extraordinary ability in a specific field may qualify for EB-1-1 employment based status as "priority worker". The foreign national must show that s/he has achieved international or national acclaim in his/her field, and has extraordinary ability (i.e., they have risen to the top of his/her field). S/he must submit documentation of outstanding achievements in the specific field. In addition, the applicant must demonstrate that s/he will [...]
EB1-2 (Outstanding Researchers)
This type of visa is available for outstanding researchers to qualify as a “priority worker” immigrant visa. An Outstanding Researcher is a person who is recognized as being outstanding in specific academic or applied science fields. The applicant must show at least three years of teaching or research experience in the area for which he seeks classification and must be entering the United States to perform full-time research or teach [...]
EB1-3 (Priority Worker Visa for Foreign Managers and Executives)
The EB1-3 visa classification is available to individuals who have been employed with a company abroad in a managerial or executive capacity for at least one year within the last three years, and who seek to work for a related United States parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an overseas employer in a managerial or executive capacity. The applicant must meet the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) definition of a [...]
EB2-1 and EB2-2 Visas (for foreign professionals with advanced degrees and of exceptional ability)
Foreign professionals with advanced degrees and those with exceptional ability may qualify for EB2 visas. EB2-1 classification can be obtained by foreign nationals, who are members of the professions and who hold advanced degrees, including a person who holds a baccalaureate degree and has at least five years progressive experience in the profession. EB2-2 is available for individuals who possess “exceptional ability” in the sciences, arts or business. To obtain [...]
EB3-1 and EB3-2 Visas (for Skilled Workers and Professionals)
Foreign "Skilled Workers" who are capable of performing a job which requires at least two years of training or experience, and for which qualified workers are not available in the United States, can obtain EB3 visa classification. To obtain an EB3-1 status, the U.S. employer must obtain an approved permanent Labor Certification, verifying that no qualified United States workers are available to fill the full-time position offered by the company [...]
H-1B (Specialty Worker)
he H-1B or “Specialty Worker” visa is available for a United States company who wishes to directly employ a foreign individual, for a temporary period (initially 3 years) in a "specialty occupation.” A specialty occupation is defined as "an occupation, which requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge to fully perform the occupation." The position or the job for which the foreign national would be [...]
L-1 (Intra-company Transferee)
The L visa is available for multinational companies seeking to transfer high-level and essential employees from overseas to provide services in a similar capacity to a subsidiary, affiliate, branch or parent company in the United States. This individual employee is called an “intra-company transferee.” The intra-company transferee must have been working abroad continuously for one year by a firm or corporation or other legal entity or parent, branch, affiliate, or [...]
O-1 (Individuals of Extraordinary ability or Achievement)
If you are a person who is highly talented or acclaimed in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics, or have a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry, and wish to come to the U.S., the O-1 visa is a good option for you. This type of visa is especially helpful to artists, athletes, entertainers and high-end chefs, among others. "Extraordinary ability" is defined [...]
TN Visa (for Canadians and Mexicans under NAFTA)
Canadian or Mexican professionals may work for companies in the United States on a temporary basis, under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), either as a direct employee or as a management consultant. The maximum period of the initial authorized stay under the TN category is one year, with unlimited one-year extensions. Under NAFTA there is a specific list of professions, which may qualify for TN category. This list [...]
B-1 (Visitor for Business)
The B-1 visa is available for any foreign national who wishes to enter the United States for any business-related function, such as to attend conferences, take orders, to negotiate with existing businesses or customers, or to execute service agreements. However, the visitor must be conducting temporary business activity for a foreign employer, and the trip must not lead to gainful employment in the United States. B-1 status is approved for [...]
E-1 (Treaty Trader) and E-2 (Treaty Investor) Visas
The E-1 and E-2 Visas are available for foreign nationals, who are citizens of countries which have treaties of “commerce and navigation” with the United States. Generally, the E visa is available to persons who will oversee a business in the United States, which is either engaged in trade between the United States and the treaty country or is created by “substantial investment” in the United States. In order to [...]
Immigration Through Lottery (Diversity Visa Lottery)
Each year, citizens of certain countries may apply through a lottery system for the Diversity Visa (DV) to come to the US and obtain permanent resident status. These are people from countries with low rates of immigration to the US. Natives of countries, which have sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years, are excluded from this category. The maximum number of immigrant visas [...]
Family Based Immigrant Visas for Spouse and Children of Permanent Residents
A person who has been granted lawful permanent resident status (Green Card holder), may petition the USCIS for an immigrant visa for spouse or minor unmarried children (under 21), and once the petition is approved the spouse will be notified by the Department of State when a visa number becomes available. If the spouse is outside of the United States at the time of notification, s/he must then go to [...]
Family Based Immigrant Visas for Spouse and Children of U.S. Citizens
Spouse and unmarried minor children (under 21) of a U.S. citizen are immediately eligible for an immigrant visa if an Alien Relative Petition is approved. Generally, if the spouse and/or the children (under 21) are in the U.S. (through a lawful admission or parole) they may file locally an Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status at the same time. If they are outside the U.S., the U.S. [...]
J-1 Exchange Visitors Visas
"J" or the Exchange Visitor Program visa is a non-immigrant visa available for students at all academic levels (trainees obtaining on-the-job training with firms, institutions, and agencies; teachers of primary, secondary, and specialized schools), professors coming to teach or do research at institutions of higher learning; research scholars; professional trainees in the medical and allied fields; and international visitors coming for the purpose of travel, observation, consultation, research, training, sharing, [...]
K1 Fiance Visa
A US Citizen, who plans to get married in the US to his/her foreign fiancé is eligible to file a K-1 petition with the USCIS on behalf of his/her fiancé. Once the petition is approved, the fiancé will be able to obtain a visa issued at a U.S. consulate abroad. When the fiancé comes legally to the US, the marriage must take place within 90 days of the fiancé entering [...]
Other Work-Related Visas
There are various employment related non-immigrant visas such as E, H, L, O, P and R visas which require a company sponsor or an individual to oversee a company or business. Information about these types of visas see the “Corporate” immigration page and contact The Fogle Law Firm, LLC. Note: The following is basic information regarding the types of visas available. It is in no way to be construed as [...]
Q Visa for International Cultural Exchange Programs
The Q visa classification is designed for international cultural exchange programs designated by the by the USCIS, for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and the sharing of the history, culture, and traditions of the participant's home country in the United States. Note: The following is basic information regarding the types of visas available. It is in no way to be construed as legal advice. For further information you [...]
F-1 Student Visa
Foreign students wishing to pursue academic studies and/or language training programs may apply for an F-1 visa. In order to be issued an F-1 visa, the student must be enrolled in a FULL-TIME "academic" educational program, a language-training program, or a vocational program in a U.S. school / college / university that is approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Once the student is accepted by the US school, [...]
Fogle Law Firm Client Pedro Guzman Released
Glenn Fogle, the Guzmans' immigration attorney, explains it this way: After almost 19 months after being arrested by an ICE "Fugitive Operations Unit" at his home in North Carolina in front of his wife and then 2 year old son, on a removal order he did not even know about, Pedro Perez Guzman has been granted Special Rule Cancellation of Removal (a green card) by Immigration Judge Dan Trimble at [...]
Fogle Law Firm Attorney on MSNBC Show, Jansing and Co.
WARNER ROBINS -- An illegal immigrant at the center of a battle over a $750,000 winning Georgia lottery ticket -- and a criminal case over alleged terroristic threats -- faces a deportation hearing this week. Read More NEW ATTORNEY Besides attorneys handling his criminal and civil cases, Cua-Toc now has another attorney to handle his immigration case: Julio E. Moreno of the Fogle Law Firm’s Atlanta office. The firm specializes [...]
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