May 06, 2011
The Board of Immigration Appeals in a recent decision determined that a child of 14 who probably can’t read, write or speak English is old enough to accept and comply with confusing legal documents issued by very friendly border agents. The BIA held that “Personal service of a Notice to Appear (Form I-862) on a minor who is 14 years of age or older […]
May 05, 2011
“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is eliminating redundant programs by removing the following countries from, and relieving nonimmigrant nationals or citizens of the following countries from compliance with, the special registration procedures under the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS): Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, […]
May 04, 2011
United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has developed the below toolbox filled with goodies to be used by prosecutors who need the help of immigrants to prosecute a crime AND tools to ensure deportation. Tools to help cooperating witnesses include: Deferred Action, Administrative Stays of Removal, U, T & S visas. Tools to deport: Stipulated Orders. Tools to bring persons into […]
May 03, 2011
Predator Drones Fact Sheet Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com
February 28, 2011
It sounds like a mouthful. One of the divisions of the U.S. Government that represents the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before the Federal Courts (mainly the various Courts of Appeal) is the Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL). Periodically, OIL publishes their Immigration Litigation Bulletin which was previously unavailable to the public until the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was […]
February 27, 2011
United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a memo earlier this year indicating detailing when a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self petition can be revoked: “If an officer in the field receives new information that was not available to the VSC at the time of the approval of a VAWA self-petition, and that new information leads the officer […]
January 31, 2011
Over 1000 students from India, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, may face removal proceedings as a result of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Tri-Valley University outside of San Francisco, California. ICE, calling the institution “Sham University,” accused it of helping foreign students acquire student status illegally. Full Story, click here. Ricky Malik, Esq. Immigration Attorney
January 07, 2011
Video Blog from Ricky Malik, Attorney at Law:
January 06, 2011
November 04, 2010
In a leaked memo entitled “Social Networking Sites and Their Importance to FDNS”, Immigration’s Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) stated that: “Narcissistic tendencies in many people fuels a need to have a large group of”friends” link to their pages and many of these people accept cyber-friends that they don’t even know. This provides an excellent vantage point […]
