National Legal Center for Immigrants
Requests for Information about U Visa Certification
CLINIC is interested in hearing about your recent experiences with U Visa certification practices in your area, to inform our advocacy with DHS’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) regarding that office’s oversight of certification practices in the field. Have your local ICE/CBP agents, police departments and state attorneys general been certifying meritorious U Visa applications, or have they refused? Contact CLINIC Advocacy Attorney Karen Siciliano Lucas at klucas@cliniclegal.org.
The ABC's of Employment Based Immigration
Date: Tuesday Nov 22, 2011 (2:00pm) to Tuesday Nov 22, 2011 (3:30pm)
November 22, 2011
The ABC's of Employment Based Immigration
*Please note that times are listed for the event's local timezone.
The Nuts and Bolts of Case Management and Legal Supervision
Date: Thursday Nov 10, 2011 (2:00pm) to Thursday Nov 10, 2011 (3:30pm)
The Nuts and Bolts of Case Management and Legal Supervision
November 10, 2011
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
*Please note that times are listed for the event's local timezone.
Upcoming Trainings
Introduction to Immigration Law Practice: A Course for New Practitioners
October 18- 19, 2011
Louisville, KY 40202
Overview of Citizenship: Acquisition, Derivation and Naturalization
October 19 - 20, 2011
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Automatic Conversion and Retention of Priority Date for Aged-Out Derivatives: Circuit Courts Only Add to the Confusion
By Charles Wheeler
The most ambiguous and hotly contested provision in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) concerns the status of derivative beneficiaries after they age out. The relevant provision, codified in INA § 203(h)(3), reads as follows:
Federal Courts Block Parts of Georgia’s and Indiana’s Immigration Enforcement Laws
By Karen Siciliano Lucas
Part 1: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Part of Georgia’s HB 87
On Monday, June 27, 2011, federal Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. temporarily blocked the implementation of two sections of Georgia’s controversial immigration law, House Bill 87. He did so by issuing a preliminary injunction, which prevents the state of Georgia from enforcing these sections of the law until a final determination can be made by a federal court as to their constitutionality.
