Do you suffer from religious persecution or mistreatment in your country of origin? Do you fear for your life or expect to be tortured if you remain in your nation? If you answered yes, then seeking asylum could be your path to eventual citizenship in the U.S. Asylees...
2 men pulled from deportation flight after abuse claims
Many asylum seekers and immigrants in California are seriously concerned about the threat of removal or deportation, especially as debates over immigration loom large in political contests. In many cases, people being deported were previously held in immigration...
Immigration fee increases halted by judge
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had planned to increase the cost of becoming a permanent resident or citizen. However, a federal judge in California blocked the planned fee increases saying that the two previous Department of Homeland Security...
Asylum proceedings can help you avoid deportation
Many people seeking a better life in the United States come for more economic opportunity or even access to medical care that can save the life of their spouse or their child. Others come because the United States is a country that does not discriminate based on...
Family reunited after legal challenge to asylum policy
Many people in California with some level of involvement with the immigration system have been deeply concerned about the changes to asylum procedure advanced by the Trump administration. Seeking asylum is already challenging, and the new procedures may leave...
Asylum process becomes even more challenging for many
If you live in California and are dealing with the U.S. immigration system, you may have serious concerns about how to protect your status. Even if you are not an asylum-seeker, you may be troubled by the changing policies at the southern border, especially if you...
JAN BEJAR: LUCHANDO POR LOS MIGRANTES
Cuestionar la autoridad de figuras desde profesores hasta jueces parece algo que podría meter a una persona en problemas, pero es lo que ha ayudado al abogado de inmigración Jan Bejar a convertirse en un abogado reconocido. Sentado en su oficina,...
Homeland Security adds asylum seekers to apprehension numbers
Millions of people have emigrated from foreign lands, often enduring much suffering on their way to California and other states. Many come seeking, stating that to remain in their homelands would pose imminent risks of violence, extreme poverty and even death....
Many seeking asylum never make it to the United States alive
Many areas in the world are filled with violence, extreme poverty and other unsavory living conditions that make survival difficult. Millions of people have fled their lands of origin, in quests to seek asylum in the United States. Their journeys to California and...
It is possible to appeal asylum decisions
A man in northern California was recently granted the ability to reopen his asylum case. This is something that many immigrants coming to the state dream about, but struggle to achieve. With the right help, however, it is possible to appeal asylum decisions. It was...