The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would overhaul current immigration laws and provide close to 2.5 million immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. Seven Republicans joined Democrats during the vote, which passed 237-187. Under The Dream and Promise Act, the immigration system would be changed to better accommodate the following immigrant categories...Read More

Back on Jan. 12, the U.S. Supreme court agreed to hear the case involving Wescley Fonseca Pereira, an immigrant who faced deportation to his native Brazil. Last week, the court ruled 8-1 in favor of Mr. Pereira against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who overturned the First Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision that the stop-time rule...Read More

Since the beginning of May, 2,342 children have been separated from their parents after trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico. These numbers continue to grow as the Trump administration doubles down on this controversial immigration policy. In light of the widespread outcry that has been prompted by the images of...Read More

As it stands, there are roughly 800,000 individuals in the United States who have been granted protection under DACA. The DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was implemented on 2012 during the Obama administration. This program provided certain children who immigrated to the U.S. as children to remain and obtain an education. However,...Read More

We are thrilled to announce that Attorney Luis A. Guerra of Guerra Saenz, PL has been selected for inclusion on the list Super Lawyers Rising Stars™ for the year 2017. This is the second straight year that Attorney Guerra has received this honor which is bestowed on attorneys who are under the age of 40...Read More

El USCIS Establece Nuevos Estándares para las Peticiones de Residencia Permanente a Través de Empleo Categoria EB2, de aquellos Inmigrantes que califiquen para la Exoneración por Interés Nacional (NIW) El 27 de diciembre del 2016, la Oficina Administrativa de Apelaciones (AAO) del Servicio de Inmigración y Ciudadanía de EE.UU. (USCIS) emitió una decisión importantísima, Matter...Read More

La visa EB-5 es simplemente una manera de obtener la tan ansiada residencia permanente (“Green Card”) a los Estados Unidos, mediante una inversión. El programa de visas EB-5 permite que inversionistas extranjeros hagan una inversión en un negocio de los Estados Unidos y, a través de esta inversión, se conviertan en residentes permanentes legales, y...Read More

Back in November 2014, President Barack Obama announced a series of administrative immigration reforms known as the Immigration Accountability Executive Action (IAEA). The main core of these reforms revolved around an expansion of the currently effective Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiatives...Read More

Uno de los preceptos fundamentales, en el que se basan las leyes migratorias de EE.UU., es definitivamente la unificación familiar. En este contexto, ha sido creada la visa K, que es considerada una visa híbrida ya que, aún estando incluidas en el grupo de visas de no-inmigrantes, pueden facilitar la admisión de algunos inmigrantes a...Read More

El día de ayer, 20 de Noviembre del 2014, recibimos una gran noticia. El Presidente Barack Obama finalmente anuncio su tan esperada Acción Ejecutiva pro-inmigración, que esperamos sea el primer paso hacia una reforma inmigratoria en los EEUU. Los cambios pronunciados en este nuevo plan todavía no son efectivos y algunos cambios que esperábamos no...Read More