Three Reasons to Preserve Birthright Citizenship

The last two weeks have been very life-changing. Our office has a new location in Beijing, China. I was also sworn to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. However, the best day of the past two weeks was last Friday. We received THREE approvals for well deserving clients. Two of them…

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Sessions Continues his Immigration Power Grab in Matter of M-G-G

Attorney General Sessions has continued his unprecedented immigration power grab. Sessions has recently issued three opinions that take away from the immigration judges’ ability to terminate, dismiss, cases or to issue continuances in cases. In his latest decision, Matter of M-G-G, he has asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to refer a case to him,…

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Duress as an Exception to the Persecutor Bar

The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled recently that duress may be an exception to the persecutor bar of inadmissibility. This ruling may help many asylum applicants who were previously denied asylum for their role in foreign armed forces. What is the Persecutor Bar? The persecutor bar is found in INA Section 101(a)(42), which exempts any…

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