Elizabeth, New Jersey – On April 1, 2020 the New Jersey Supreme Court decided State v. Mark Jackson and State v. Jamie Monroe. Both defendants made recorded phone calls from county jails and the State used those recordings in the prosecutions. The trials courts both suppressed the evidence, but the...

Jersey City, New Jersey – On March 31, 2020, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“The Board” or “the BIA”) decided Matter of J-J-G holding that when evaluating the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship element of cancellation of removal, an applicant seeking to establish the hardship based on a qualifying relative’s...

In order to be eligible for asylum, an applicant must demonstrate that she or he is a member of one of the protected classes (race, religion, nationality, political opinion or particular social group) and that there is a well-founded fear she or he would be persecuted if returned to his...

As a third-year immigration and asylum lawyer in Jersey City, New Jersey, I have worked on a variety of cases. Of them, it’s the asylum cases that always leave a lasting impression on me. I wanted to share a specific case that took me out of my comfort zone by...

On Sunday, February 3, 2019, while watching the Super Bowl, I got the notification like everyone else that “21 Savage”, aka Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph had been detained by ICE. As an immigration attorney, my mind started racing as to what happened? Why? what WILL happen? How will this case effect...