Rachel Browning’s Legal Blog

            As an immigration attorney I receive from time to time, calls from individuals whose loved ones have been detained at the border for reasons either relating to alleged criminal conduct, or for alleged immigration violations.  At other times, I’m asked about what immigration options an individual has who has been here “illegally” but is [...]

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to nationals of Nicaragua through July 5, 2010.  In order to be eligible for the extension, qualifying nationals of Nicaragua must have already registered for TPS based on their presence in the U.S. prior to December 30, 1998. [...]

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Last week, the passage of a new provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and an appeals court ruling on a high-profile asylum case both centered on the issue of the forced conscription into armed combat.  First, on October 3, President Bush signed into law the Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008 (PL 110-340).   [...]

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Recently the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA, at www.wola.org) published the “Central American Gang-Related Asylum Resource Guide,” intended to give attorneys, activists, policymakers and human rights workers the relevant data needed to understand the complicated and evolving presence of gangs in Central America and the growing number of gang-related asylum cases making their way [...]

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