AzulaySeiden News

• Eye on Illinois Interview with Atty. Shannon Shepherd concerning Immigration Reform

  Eye on Illinois Interview with Attorney Shannon Shepherd concerning Comprehensive Immigration Reform

• “Newsflash—The BIA upholds immigrant-friendly precedent!”

  By Sara E. Herbk
  June, 2009– “The inspiration for this article is derived from an actual case at the AzulaySeiden Law Group. I had the privilege of working on this case in preparing and filing the second Immigrant Petition and BIA appeal. In this case, I became very familiar with how family law and immigration law [...]

• AzulaySeiden client receives scare when “Suburban Mayoral Race Turns Nasty”

  AzulaySeiden client receives scare…

AzulaySeiden Press Releases

• Jocelyn Bolante Returned to the Philippines

  After almost two and a half years in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jocelyn Bolante has returned to the Philippines.

• AzulaySeiden Law Group Recognized by National Organizations for Workplace Flexibility and Effectiveness

  AzulaySeiden Law Group Recognized by National Organizations for Workplace Flexibility and Effectiveness

• Detroit (December 12, 2007)- Federal Prosecutors Drop Charges Against AzulaySeiden Law Group Client Goran Pavic

  AzulaySeiden Law Group, the largest immigration law firm in Chicago, today announced that the United States Federal Government has dismissed charges against Goran Pavic, a Canadian citizen who was detained last month as a suspected Croatian war criminal.

AzulaySeiden News Releases

• Jocelyn Bolante Returned to the Philippines

  After almost two and a half years in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jocelyn Bolante has returned to the Philippines.

• AzulaySeiden Law Group Recognized by National Organizations for Workplace Flexibility and Effectiveness

  AzulaySeiden Law Group Recognized by National Organizations for Workplace Flexibility and Effectiveness

• Chicago (July, 2008)- Immigration Raids: Employer Rights and Lawful Responses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Raids

  The frequency and magnitude of immigration raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached a new all-time record high.

Department of Homeland Security News

Immigration News

• “La. Business Owners Sue Over New Rules for Guest Workers”

  “According to the suit, business owners would have to pay guest workers at crawfish and shrimp processors wage increases that range from 51 percent to 83 percent of current hourly rates.”   Read more…

• “Immigrants hope for deportation reprieves”

  “After he was brought into the U.S. illegally as a 1-year-old, Luis Pedrote did so well in school that he won a President’s Education Award in 2006.
  Today, his family says, Pedrote, 19, sits in a Dallas detention facility after he was picked up last month by Chicago police who realized his illegal status [...]

• “Despite policy, Friendswood teacher deported”

  “Sha’ Vonne Ironche’s husband called her Tuesday afternoon from inside the Houston immigration detention center, saying an officer told him to have a bag packed and ready by 5 p.m. for his deportation flight back to Spain.”  Read more…

USCIS Press Room

• Department of Homeland Security Signs Visa Waiver Program Interim Declaration with Romania

  US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Michael Chertoff, signed a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) declaration with Romanian Ambassador, Adrian Vierita.  This act continues to move Romania toward visa-free travel to the US, and possibly toward becoming a VWP member.
  Click here to view the full release issued by DHS.

• USCIS Increases Period of Stay for NAFTA Workers from Canada and Mexico

  US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the period a Canadian or Mexican worker under a TN Visa (Trade-NAFTA) may stay in the United States before obtaining readmission or an extension of stay.  The newly instituted rule changes the period of time from one year to three years.  Eligible TN nonimmigrants may be also be [...]

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