On President Biden’s first day in office he signed a number of impactful executive orders. One of these orders protects the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Policy, which was phased out under the Trump administration. This new executive order comes as a huge sigh of relief for the 2.1 million DACA recipients living and …
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Central Florida is the theme park capital of the world, and it is usually bustling with visitors year-round, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Tens of thousands of these employees are holders of a Temporary Protective Status (“TPS”), which allows individuals whose home country is deemed unsafe, to live and work in the United States. …
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The pandemic has had a stunning effect nationally, and its impact can be felt in nearly all aspects of our daily life. The spread of COVID-19 has created countless stresses, from unemployment and housing instability to tensions over how to enforce custody agreements under these new circumstances. With remote learning models, varying mandates, and staggering …
Typically, when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeks to remove an alien found in the interior of the United States, it institutes removal proceedings under INA § 240, conducted by an immigration judge (IJ) within the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). During these “formal” removal proceedings, the alien has a …
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