Immigration Lawyer, Law Professor, Advocate for Immigrants, Reality based take on http://Immigration. https://t.co/VQvzNVRQtt for current views
Nov 11, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Today is Veterans Day. I want to share an immigrant Veteran's story today. A story made possible because of lawyers who are willing and able to always try to do the right thing, even when it is hard.
A story in a thread.
I must first note that his is success is the result of both my partner @El_Matherne and my friend and crimmigration attorney Jessica Stern doing remarkable work in what most would consider a lost cause. Not only is this Veteran not another statistic in the tragic tale of
Nov 9, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
The Top 10: What can a President Biden fix on January 21, 2021 (let's give him one day to celebrate):
1. Undo all of the travel bans affecting millions of Americans and their families (by EO or Proclamation); 2. Order @StateDept to begin liberally issuing F-1 visas again;
3. Order @USCIS to reinstate DACA AND expand eligibility to anyone who arrived prior by 1/1/2016; 4. Reinstate TPS for everyone cancelled by Trump; 5. Notify Congress that he intends to recapture the #DV2020 visas not timely issued by @StateDept;
Jul 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Together with our friends and fellow #immigration lawyers @gsiskind and #JeffJoseph, @Immigrant_Atty, We have just filed legal action against President Trump, Secretary Pompeo and @StateDept, seeking to stop the #ImmigrationBan as it applies to 149 Diversity Lottery Selectees.
President Trump acted illegally when he ended the Diversity Lottery 2020 program, something that he has talked about wanting to do for the last four years. The President does NOT have the authority to overturn the entire statutory scheme of immigration created by Congress.
