BIA Clarifies When an Asylum Claim is Frivolous

  • BIA Clarifies When an Asylum Claim is Frivolous
    BIA Clarifies When an Asylum Claim is Frivolous
    Newark, NJ- A newly popular tactic to get into immigration court or delay removal is to apply for asylum and withdraw the application when the applicant appears in immigration court. A strategic claim of asylum may delay deportation, but there are risks to filing a frivolous asylum claim. That is...
  • Newark’s Immigration Courts Have High Denial Rates
    Newark’s Immigration Courts Have High Denial Rates
    Newark, NJ- Applying for asylum in the U.S. is an arduous process, and immigrants must overcome numerous challenges and must prevail in immigration court to be granted the status.  Ultimately, approval of asylum is up to an immigration judge. A recent study from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)...
  • Senators Introduce BRIDGE Act to Protect DACA Recipients
    Senators Introduce BRIDGE Act to Protect DACA Recipients
    Newark, NJ- Young undocumented immigrants who applied for Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals face a lot of uncertainty about their status and are in danger of being deported if the program is eliminated with a new administration. The risks DREAMers face was more apparent this week after immigration advocates warned DACA...
  • Lawmakers Urge President Obama to Grant Pardons to DACA Recipients
    Lawmakers Urge President Obama to Grant Pardons to DACA Recipients
    Newark, NJ- Since 2012, millions of young immigrants, known as DREAMers, have applied for deportation relief under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a temporary reprieve from deportation. But there is a possibility that DACA recipients will no longer have protections and are facing deportation under a new presidential administration....
  • DHS Resumes Deportations to Haiti
    DHS Resumes Deportations to Haiti
    Newark, NJ- After temporarily halting deportations of unauthorized Haitian immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced on November 23, 2016, they would resume deporting Haitians and plan on expanding their efforts. (more…)