Archive for the ‘New York Penal Law’ Category

USCIS’ Guidance Memo on TPS Policy

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a guidance memorandum on January 17, 2010 to its field officers on adjudication of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications and administrative appeals in cases involving aliens convicted of certain minor New York traffic infractions or violations. The USCIS Associate Director Donald ...

Waiver of Inadmissibility under Former Section 212(c) of the INA

Friday, February 27th, 2009

The three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the judgment of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which upheld the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) order that the petitioner Garcia-Padron was denied for waiver of inadmissibility under former section 212 (c) of the Immigration ...