By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano For years, immigration enforcement officials prioritized recent border-crossers over long-time residents with U.S.-born children, clean criminal records, or other evidence of roots in the United States. This was done by exercising “prosecutorial discretion” in deciding against whom to initiate deportation proceedings....
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano In order to effectively fight crime, law-enforcement officers must gain the trust of the communities they intend to serve. Trust encourages victims of crime, as well as potential witnesses, to come forward and help solve cases and prosecute criminals. However, according to...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers, vastly expanding the Trump administration’s enhanced vetting of potential immigrants and visitors. In documents to be published in Federal Register,...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano The Provisional Waiver is the process where an applicant who is applying for a green card is granted a forgiveness or waiver of his or her unlawful presence only. Other inadmissibility offenses are not waived. An individual accrues unlawful presence when...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano There are crimes that are permanent and conditional bars to the determination of good moral character when applying for naturalization. We will discuss the crimes that are conditional bars to naturalization in this article. Q: What do conditional bars to good moral...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano If you have committed a crime make sure that your conviction will not make you removable. Generally, an alien is removable is he commits crimes involving moral turpitude. There are certain requirements to be followed before a permanent resident alien will...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano There are a number of grounds upon which you can be denied on your naturalization application. Usually, submitting an application will allow USCIS to review your application to obtain your green card and your entire file. The USCIS will verify if your...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California challenging its sanctuary policies in Federal Court of the Eastern District. The case is likely to reach the Supreme Court of the United States as it involves the extent of Federal power...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano Before going to your visa interview with the Consul at the U.S. Embassy, you should be aware that mere admission of committing a crime involving Moral Turpitude and admitting Controlled Substance violation may lead to visa denial. This is because there...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano Most denials of naturalization application is premised upon lack of good moral character. For many people the term "good moral character" is not well defined. In this issue we will clarify some of the common misconceptions about "good moral character" Our...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano The Republican Congress is trying to limit the ability of U.S. citizens and Permanent Resident to petition for their parents, their adult sons and daughters and their brothers and sisters. This is what they termed "chain migration". With Congress and Senate...
By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano The American Immigration Council provide us a report of ICE policy guidance in courthouses. After a significant increase in arrests outside of courthouses in 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has finally released new guidance that officially gives its agents permission...