Till Death (Or Lies) Do Us Part: Deportation for Marriage Fraud
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 BACKGROUND On January 6, 2015, the 6th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati issued an opinion in Fayzullina v. […]
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN – A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FOR THE UNITED STATES
By Attorney Farhad Sethna ©2014 Recent news reports have been addressing the unprecedented humanitarian crisis at our southern border- the influx of tens of thousands of children from Central American […]
EL BIA DICE QUE LOS EXTRANJEROS DEBEN RECIBIR UNA AUDIENCIA COMPLETA
Por el abogado Farhad Sethna © 2014 En Matter of E-F-H-L-, 26 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2014), el BIA decidió el 12 de junio, 2014,que un extranjero debe recibir un […]
ALIENS MUST RECEIVE FULL HEARING, SAYS BIA
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In Matter of E-F-H-L-, 26 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2014) the BIA decided on June 12, 2014 that an alien must have a full […]
THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION- US GOVERNMENT RULES
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 On May 8, 2014, the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Education issued a joint instruction letter to public schools across […]
BIA RULES THAT ALIEN RETAINS STATUS WHILE EXTENSION APPLICATION IS PENDING
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In a recent decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an alien who had applied for an extension of his nonimmigrant status retained […]
THIRD CIRCUIT HOLDS ICE DETAINERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2014 As background, “detainers” are issued by the USICE to a law enforcement agency (“LEA”) to ask the LEA to hold an individual suspected of […]
THE CSPA – CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT – GETTING OLDER AND WISER?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 The Child Status Protection Act, enshrined in the Immigration & Nationality Act as § 203(h) originally held out great promise when it was first […]