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News Alert: Trump Forces Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico
News Alert: Trump Forces Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico December 21, 2018 Recently, asylum law has been continuously present in the news. Throughout the fall, President Trump publicly reacted to a caravan of Central American migrants traveling to the U.S. southern border. Originating in Honduras, the caravan delivered safety in numbers as thousands of…
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News Alert: Trump Vows Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding
News Alert: Trump Vows Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding December 13, 2018 During the final months of 2018, immigration has received constant news attention. The Trump administration controversially challenged rights of asylum seekers at the United States border. The administration has also worked to upend other aspects of immigration law and practice, including DACA,…
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Is a Border Wall Actually Possible?
Is a Border Wall Actually Possible? During the 2016 election, one of the major campaign promises of Donald Trump was the building of a border wall to separate the United States (US) from Mexico. “Build the wall!” became a resounding chant during the 2016 election season. In short, the intention of such a wall was…
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News Alert: USCIS Proposes Changes to H-1B Visa Selection Process
News Alert: USCIS Proposes Changes to H-1B Visa Selection Process December 6, 2018 The H-1B visa program creates opportunity for skilled workers in specialized fields. Under the program, talented and well-educated foreign nationals can immigrate to the United States (U.S.) temporarily to work for American companies. The program also benefits the U.S., boosting the economy…
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News Alert: US Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas at Migrants
News Alert: US Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas at Migrants November 29, 2018 Over the holiday weekend, news broke of a clash between migrants and United States (US) border patrol agents. US personnel at the Tijuana border deployed tear gas against a group of migrants, including women and young children. For example, the nation saw…
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Get the Facts About Birthright Citizenship
Get the Facts About Birthright Citizenship In November 2018, the US held its mid-term elections. A “hot button” issue at the moment is immigration. President Trump made headlines throughout October and early November for his escalating and harsh treatment of migrants approaching the United States (US) southern border. After that, the president went as far as…
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Temporary Protected Status Under the Trump Administration
Temporary Protected Status Under the Trump Administration Across the world, many foreign nationals must flee their home countries in order to gain safety within the United States (US). The US should treat such immigrants with the respect and courtesy they deserve. Certain persons who immigrate to the US because of external disastrous forces within their…
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News Alert: Trump Administration Denies Rights to Certain Asylum Seekers
News Alert: Trump Administration Denies Rights to Certain Asylum Seekers November 13, 2018 In October, news of a so-called “migrant caravan” swept across America. This caravan, made up of mostly women and children, began in Honduras and traveled northward, swelling to nearly 7,000 strong. Throughout the month, the Trump administration encouraged xenophobia and fear as…
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Kimberly Elmazi Becomes Davis & Associates’ Newest Attorney
Recently, Kimberly Elmazi became the newest attorney at Davis & Associates, an immigration law firm in Dallas, Texas. Each attorney at Davis & Associates brings something special to the table. Elmazi is a North Texas native with immigrant parents, who speaks English, Spanish and Albanian. For Elmazi, “immigration law is not simply a…
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Deportation Immigration Lawyers Explain U.S. Sanctuary Cities
Some cities and counties have taken different approaches to the enforcement of immigration laws. Several local officials have committed to limit their assistance to federal immigration authorities. As a result, some municipalities, counties, and even states are known as “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants. Other cities and states, like Texas, have taken the opposite position to…
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10 Questions to Ask When Meeting With a Family Immigration Lawyer
Lately, there has been more attention paid to immigration and deportation than ever before. Law enforcement in some areas of the country are aggressively searching out undocumented immigrants with the intent to deport them. An executive order this year has limited the immigration of individuals from six mostly Muslim countries. According to The Atlantic, the…
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