This primer covers the key criminal-immigration and enforcement provisions of the USCA. The US Citizenship Act of 2021 (USCA, also referred to as the “Biden bill”) is an immigration bill introduced in the House on February 18, 2021 that would create...
This explainer discusses H.R. 6, which would create a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the United States before January 1, 2021, who were 18 years old or under when they arrived, who have stayed in the United States since they arrived...
On March 4, 2021, the Supreme Court issued Pereida v. Wilkinson, No. 19-438 (2021), a 5-32 opinion damaging to noncitizens with past criminal convictions who intend or need to seek relief in removal proceedings. The decision creates a national rule...
This advisory discusses the deadline for filing an EAJA motion and the statutory requirements for eligibility. In addition, the advisory addresses procedural and substantive aspects of filing an EAJA motion, including assignment of fees to counsel...
The purpose of this advisory is to identify issues and advocacy strategies for defense counsel representing noncitizen clients in light of this administration’s interim enforcement priorities memo, specifically in the context of assessing risks of...
This practice advisory aims to provide immigration practitioners with an overview of the key policy changes and interim priorities arising from these memos and strategies to use these priorities to advocate for clients.
On July 9, 2020, NIPNLG published a Practice Alert examining the intersection of the criminal bars proposed in those regulations. In the latter half of 2020, final versions of all three proposed rules were issued, and were subsequently challenged in...
This practice advisory is intended to assist individuals seeking damages, stays of deportation, and long-term immigration relief based on medical abuse suffered at ICDC. This practice advisory explains how to determine eligibility and file...
This practice advisory discusses strategies for obtaining immigration relief as part of a settlement agreement with the government to resolve a lawsuit for damages brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) based on torts committed by agents of...
This practice advisory discusses the origins of realistic probability in immigration law, national case law on realistic probability, and litigation issues currently before the immigration agencies and federal courts.