by Kyle Knapp | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
On June 28, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a policy memorandum that effectively transforms the current “services” division of Homeland Security into an enforcement agency. The new policy, which goes into effect next Monday, is to issue a...
by Kyle Knapp | Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Spending a week helping women and children navigate the asylum process reminded me why I became an attorney: to help those in need with complex legal issues. Representing clients in a detention facility allowed me to take my compassion and expertise to them. They...
by Kyle Knapp | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been a tear with worksite investigations and enforcement actions. Since January 2018, HSI has served more than 5,200 notices on businesses to conduct audits of their I-9...
by Kyle Knapp | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
It seems that there is no end to announcements from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that present new challenges for those who have been playing by the rules. The current administration’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order from April 18, 2017...
by Kyle Knapp | Jun 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Until recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allowed applicants for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to contact USCIS after 75 days to initiate a service request if they had not received their EAD. Following updates to the USCIS...