Author Archives: Eric E. Ludin
Warning About New Telephone Scam Directed to Foreigners
The attorneys at Tucker & Ludin have received reports of a new telephone scam directed to legal aliens in the U.S. According to what we have heard, someone will call a legal alien claiming to be an officer of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The “officer” will know a little bit of… Read More »
Update on President Obama’s Deferred Action for DREAMers
As we reported in the Immigration news section of this website, on June 15th 2012, the Obama administration announced that the administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. Since that landmark announcement, Tucker & Ludin has… Read More »
Attorney Ahmad Yakzan prevents a deportation of a green card holder
If you are a lawful permanet resident (green card holder) , you could be found to abandon your status by leaving the country for more than 6 months out of the year. Our firm recently represented a client who was a green card holder who, for a variety of reasons, left the country for many years. After re-entering… Read More »
Violence against Women Act
Are you an immigrant who has been a victim of domestic violence? As an active board member of Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA) which provides victim services including an emergency shelter for abused women, attorney Eric E. Ludin takes a stong interest in this serious issue. Read the recent blog about the Violence Against Women… Read More »
What fee arrangement is best for an immigration matter?
“A lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade” Abraham Lincoln When you walk into a retail store, you select the item you want to purchase, check the price and take it to the register. You know what you will pay and what you will receive in return for your money. But, this… Read More »
The Eleventh Circuit Removes the Post-Departure Bar to Reopening Removal Proceedings
An arbitrary Attorney General’s regulation was finally overturned paving the way for displaced families to reunite. The regulation provided that a person cannot move to reopen a removal proceeding if they were physically outside of the United States. Therefore, once deported, an alien had few options to request relief from the immigration decision. On May… Read More »