DOJ Charges Nineteen People with Immigration Fraud
  • DOJ Charges Nineteen People with Immigration Fraud
    DOJ Charges Nineteen People with Immigration Fraud
    Newark, NJ- The Department of Justice announced last week that 19 individuals in the southeast have been accused of multiple counts of immigration fraud. In the DOJ’s 16-count indictment, authorities allege that the parties named conspired to commit immigration fraud by submitting falsified visa applications and entering into bogus marriages....
  • U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to DAPA
    U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to DAPA
    Newark, NJ- The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday, January 20th, it would hear the legal challenge to one of the Obama Administration’s immigration policies, Deferred Action for Parental Accountability. If the high court decides in the Obama Administration’s favor, millions of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. could apply for relief...
  • Immigrants Face New Challenge as Interpreters Reject New Contracts
    Immigrants Face New Challenge as Interpreters Reject New Contracts
    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...
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Turns Three despite Problems
    Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Turns Three despite Problems
    Newark, NJ- On August 24th one of President Obama’s key policies, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, turned three. The program, despite some challenges, has been popular and has so far helped over a million young undocumented immigrants obtain work permits and avoid deportation. (more…)
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Gives Additional Protection to Immigrant Children
    New Jersey Supreme Court Gives Additional Protection to Immigrant Children
    Newark, NJ- An August 26th ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified the role judges in Family Part play in cases involving undocumented immigrant children who are vulnerable to abuse and neglect in their native countries. By clarifying Family Part judges’ roles, the ruling gives vulnerable immigration children the...