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Immigration and Mental Health

In the spirit of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, I thought a short missive on the connection between immigration and mental health would be appropriate.  And when I refer to mental health, I’m speaking to both attorneys and their clients. Many years ago, I...

The H-1B Lottery Registration Process

It’s that time of year again, and I do feel like I write about this annually, but given the emails that I’ve seen come across my desk over the past month or so, with attorneys having difficulty setting up their own accounts on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

The I-9 and COVID

The Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (“Form I-9”), is three (3) pages long.  The basic instructions are fifteen (15) pages long.  The Handbook for Employers (M-274), which is the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) guidance for completing this...

Title 42. What Exactly Is It?

Last week a longstanding client of mine came to the office with one of his siblings and her six children.  They had recently been paroled into the United State at our southern border, and they were seeking assistance from our office so they could apply for asylum in...

What’s a Public Charge?

The term “charge” can be used in many ways.  In basketball, a “charge” is when an offensive player with the ball runs over, or rushes into, a (supposedly) stationary defensive player.  In baseball, a batter may “charge” the mound when he’s hit by a pitch (or nearly...

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