Legal Resources

To comply with the ruling of a Federal Court in California, the US Department of Homeland Security decided to extend the validity of work permits, starting today, March 1, 2019 until January 2020 for approximately 250,000 people covered under the Protection Status Program Temporary known as TPS, for the following countries: Nicaragua, Haiti, El Salvador, […]

To help resolve the issue of waiting times to speak with an Immigration Service (USCIS) representative, USCIS has decided to use its online tool known as Self-Service Tool, which would save applicants a phone call or a visit to the offices of the USCIS Immigration Agency. This important tool includes: – A USCIS online account […]

As it is well known through the media across the country, the US President Donald Trump declared Friday a National Emergency in response to the crisis that he says exists on the southern border between the US and Mexico. President Trump believes this crisis is due to the arrival of undocumented immigrants coming mostly from […]

As a service to the student community, and as an ex-president of the Miami Dade College student body some years ago, I am pleased to report that immigrant students known as Dreamers can now apply for the Dreamers USA Scholarship for the 2019 and 2020 courses. The application deadline for this benefit expires on February […]

The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has recently informed foreigners with Nonimmigrant Visas who wish to change their immigration status, that starting on March 11 of this year, a revised form I -539 will be published, alongside a new form that will be issued, which will be called I-539A. The I-539A will refer to […]

Among the highlights we can point out: – The belief that the problem of undocumented immigration is caused by the fact that undocumented immigrants have the ability to cross the southern border of the US from Mexico. – The belief that, once the wall (preferably of steel) that divides Mexico and the US is built, […]

The media has announced after the recent culmination of the partial closure of the government that, as of today, the Immigration Courts have reopened in their entirety. As will be remembered, this closure affected 75% of the immigration courts, suspending the appointments of all immigrants who found themselves awaiting the resolution of their case. Only […]

During this past week, there was much tension in regard to the issue of immigration. First, President Trump announced a set of immigration measures in exchange for obtaining the necessary funds ($ 5.7 million) for the construction of the wall in the South border of the USA. Among the announced measures, we can highlight: – […]

As it is well known, the news media has released coverage concerning the young Dreamers or Dreamers covered by the DACA program who are currently traveling to Washington in search of support so that the privilege of obtaining permission to travel can be returned. This privilege was lost during the legal confrontation between them and […]

As I mentioned a few days ago on my blog before the end of the year, the Trump Administration will have to be more flexible when negotiating immigration agreements. Following the discussions held during these days between members of Congress and the US Executive on the budget to raise the wall on the US Southern […]

As it is well known, former Secretary of Justice Jeff Session drafted a set of rules for the Trump Administration, within the framework of the zero tolerance immigration policy, to restrict immigration. However, District Judge Emmett Sullivan said that the rules imposed by the Central Administration exceeded the Federal immigration laws, “is the will of […]

Let’s start with defining what a TPS is: TPS is a migration program of legal, temporary and discretionary assistance of the US Executive created on November 29, 1990, which grants people of certain countries, with or without papers, and who are in the US at the time of application of this benefit, be able to […]