Family Litigation Articles

Class Action Lawsuits Highlight Limbo for Immigrants in Military Service https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/military-men-departing-service-uniform-40820-1.jpeg 2298 1529 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
December 7, 2017

Class Action Lawsuits Highlight Limbo for Immigrants in Military Service

Immigrants play an important role in our country’s Armed Forces; in fact, immigrants have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the Revolutionary War. Immigrants serving in the military often have special language and cultural skills that are strategically vital. They are also less likely to leave the military before the end of their tour…

DACA’s Over. Now What? Senators introduce Flawed SUCCEED Act That Fails to Truly Protect “Dreamers” https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 16, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
November 16, 2017

DACA’s Over. Now What? Senators introduce Flawed SUCCEED Act That Fails to Truly Protect “Dreamers”

On September 5, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Trump announced is ending the Obama Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program effective March 5, 2018. This announcement immediately placed the futures of over 800,000 DACA recipients at risk. The question now is whether Congress will step in and pass long-overdue legislation that…

Ninth Circuit Finds Deported Man Did Not Waive His Right to Appeal and May Have Second Chance to Fight Removal https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg_.png 1200 1197 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 14, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
November 14, 2017

Ninth Circuit Finds Deported Man Did Not Waive His Right to Appeal and May Have Second Chance to Fight Removal

Noncitizens who are ordered removed (deported) by an Immigration Judge have the right to file an appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Appeals must be filed within 30 days of the Judge’s decision, and federal regulations state that if a person leaves the U.S. before an appeal is filed, he or she has…

SGG in the Community – Deportation Defense Attorney Melissa Wong Discusses Political Asylum Caselaw as a Guest Speaker at Cerritos College in November 2017 https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Photo-Melissa-Wong_Cropped-e1472604892639.jpg 300 300 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04e1b23b6e5b9057556a3c6cabe3c843?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 9, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
November 9, 2017

SGG in the Community – Deportation Defense Attorney Melissa Wong Discusses Political Asylum Caselaw as a Guest Speaker at Cerritos College in November 2017

You can view Melissa’s Instagram page that showcases some of the places she has traveled…

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for Nicaraguans. Is Honduras Next? And Will Congress Finally Act? https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 8, 2017 June 4, 2019

Amy Lenhert
November 8, 2017

Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for Nicaraguans. Is Honduras Next? And Will Congress Finally Act?

On November 6, 2017, Acting Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua. The DHS may designate TPS for a country due to ongoing war, environmental disaster or other extraordinary conditions that make it unsafe for individuals to return to their home country. A…

Countdown to DACA’s End – SGG Helps College Students Work on Last Renewals Due this Week https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04e1b23b6e5b9057556a3c6cabe3c843?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 3, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
October 3, 2017

Countdown to DACA’s End – SGG Helps College Students Work on Last Renewals Due this Week

SGG responds in a crisis. Joyce Noche, Esq., a Senior Attorney and resident DACA expert who has been working with DACA students since day one and consulted with the Obama administration in DACA’s formation, worked one-on-one with individual DACA students at Cerritos College this past Friday. Joyce and Family & Removal Group Partner Heather L.…

CBS’s KNX 1070 Radio Award Winning Reporter Margaret Carrero Interviews SGG Family & Removal Group Partner Heather Poole on Consular Repeated Denials of Visitor Visas for Stem-Cell Transplant Donor https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/knx-logo.jpg 600 215 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04e1b23b6e5b9057556a3c6cabe3c843?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 21, 2017 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
September 21, 2017

CBS’s KNX 1070 Radio Award Winning Reporter Margaret Carrero Interviews SGG Family & Removal Group Partner Heather Poole on Consular Repeated Denials of Visitor Visas for Stem-Cell Transplant Donor

SGG Attorney Heather Poole discusses US immigration factors that go into heartbreaking denials for B2 visitor visas, even when a relative in the U.S. is in desperate need of their relative’s aid, in September 20, 2017 “Dying Woman’s Sister Is Her Only Transplant Match, But Not Allowed In Country” story. Link:http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/09/20/womans-only-transplant-not-allowed-in-us/