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Immigration Bond Argument when You Have Been Told Bond is Not Possible

Posted by: rMyers | Date: July 5, 2011 | Category: Immigration Law

Immigration Bond is as complicated as other areas of Immigration Law. The possibility for Bond and the procedures were changed with the passing of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA). AEDPA required mandatory detention for certain immigrants and IIRAIRA increased number [...]

Changes to Surviving Spouse Immigration Law

Posted by: rMyers | Date: February 5, 2011 | Category: Immigration Law

President Obama on October 28, 2009 signed the Department of Homeland Security’s Appropriations Act 2010, Pub L. 1211-83 which amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional benefits to surviving spouses and children of deceased US Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents who were attempting to legalize their spouse and/or children when they died.