Now that the government has begun accepting petitions for deferred action for young illegal immigrants, you must decide if you will hire an attorney or prepare and file the petition on your own. Filing a petition for deferrred action is much more than simply answering a few questions on a simple form. Before you make… Read More »
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Eric E. Ludin
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August 19, 2012
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We are often retained to seek cancellation of removal when clients are in deportation proceedings and deportation would result in tremendous hardship to their family. Fortunately, there was a recent ruling by the Board of Immigration appeals which makes our burden of proof less burdensome. Read the blog by one of our immigration lawyers, Ahmad Yakzan, on this interesting issue at http://ahmadyakzan.blogspot.com/2012/08/hardship-to-united-states-citizen.html… Read More »
On August 3, 2012, the USCIS Director, Alejandro Mayorkas, announced the procedure for Deferred Action Petitions for Young Illegal Immigrants. The details of this announcement are found on our Deferred Action Page of this website. Go to http://www.tuckerludin.com/practice-areas/immigration/deferred-action-for-young-illegal-immigrants/ Read the update dated August 3. Also, plan to attend the Tucker & Ludin community informational forum… Read More »
Immigration makes America stronger. As a country of immigrants, the U.S. would not be the great nation that it is if it were not for our diversity and the great contributions made by those brave people who took tremenous risks to relocate here. Read my July 21, 2012 blog at http://immigrationnutsandbolts.blogspot.com/ for ten good reasons why immigration… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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Eric E. Ludin
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June 24, 2012
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“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 »
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Eric E. Ludin
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June 19, 2012
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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 »
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Eric E. Ludin
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June 1, 2012
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