Department of Homeland Security to Focus on Border Security and Removals

Newark, NJ- This week, in a press release issued on Monday, January 4, 2016, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson outlined some of his agency's and ICE's immigration enforcement priorities for the upcoming year. He also reinforced the removal priorities of his agency in accordance with President Obama's executive...

Newark, NJ- Marijuana laws in the U.S. are on the cusp of big change and states are leading the charge. Currently, five states have legalized marijuana for recreational use and numerous states have decriminalized minor possession charges. Efforts to pass similar legislation in New Jersey are gaining steam again and...

Newark, NJ- There are numerous ways in which the current state of the immigration courts adversely affect the immigrants appearing inside their walls. Now, there is another challenge facing immigration courts; the lack of interpreters who are protesting a new agreement with a Department of Justice contractors which is asking...

Newark, NJ- One of the primary means for an immigrant to obtain permanent resident status and eventual citizenship is through their parents. The pathway to legal residency or citizenship through a parental relationship can be straightforward, but in many instances the rules governing derivative citizenship can be unclear or confusing...

Newark, NJ-A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision was a win for immigrants by clarifying when a state level drug paraphernalia charge is a removable offense under federal law. In Mellouli vs. Lynch, which was decided on June 1st, Supreme Court justices ordered immigration officials to reverse the deportation of legal...