Category: Green Card

  1. UPDATE: President Trump Issues New Travel Ban for Eight Countries, Ends Temporary Protection for Sudanese

    The White House has announced its newest executive order on immigration, placing travel bans and restrictions on seven countries. READ MORE

  2. Criminal Attorney’s Ineffective Representation Results in Defendant’s Definite Deportation

    Jae Lee was born in South Korea and lawfully moved to the United States when he was 13 years old.  He was a “lawful permanent resident” or a “green card holder” and never naturalized to become a United States Citizen.  In 2008, 35 years after Mr. Lee came to the United States, he was charged in federal court on one count of possessing ecstasy with intent to READ MORE READ MORE

  3. Texas Judge Suspended When State Discovered She is a Non-Citizen.

    The State of Texas recently suspended a municipal court judge, when the state learned that she was not a U.S. Citizen—a requirement for appointment, holding most public offices, and voting. Municipal Court Judge Young Min Burkett, a lawful permanent resident since 2007, was first appointed to the bench in 2015. Years later, the local Texas City Council discovered that the judge was not a U.S. Citizen, and immediately put READ MORE READ MORE

  4. Man Convicted of Illegally Obtaining Citizenship Through Marriage Fraud

    A Columbus, Ohio man was recently convicted of unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, a crime that carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. The guilty verdict was handed down after a joint investigation by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Homeland Security Investigations, which revealed that the man committed marriage fraud in order to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. The 41-year-old man READ MORE READ MORE