Negative COVID Test Required to Board Flight to U.S.
Beginning January 26, 2021, all air passengers arriving in the U.S. from a foreign country must show a negative COVID-19 test to board their flight. This new rule applies [...]
Immigrant Advocates Hopeful for Positive Changes With New Administration
It is no secret that the current administration has taken a hardline approach to immigration policy. As a result, the immigration process has become more and more difficult for immigrants [...]
Helpful Exceptions in Executive Order Impacting Temporary Workers
Earlier this summer we wrote about the executive order that prevented some individuals with temporary employment authorization from receiving visas to enter the U.S. Since then, the Department of State [...]
Coronavirus Impact on Immigration
The novel coronavirus has caused uncertainty and disruptions to daily life throughout most of the United States and around the world. Government policies are changing daily as the outbreak [...]
Travel Ban Expands to Six Additional Countries and Temporary Ban on Individuals Traveling from China
The administration’s Travel Ban prevents foreign-nationals from countries deemed to have inadequate security measures in place. As of April 2018 these countries included Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and [...]
Iranian-Americans Detained at U.S. Border
Should I be denied re-entry to the U.S? Even as a U.S. Citizen, am I a threat to the U.S. just because I was born in Iran? This is another [...]
Understand the Issues: 2020 Election Guide on Immigration
The American Immigration Lawyers Association, or AILA, has recently released its 2020 Election Guide. The Guide includes analysis of candidates’ views divided into eight immigration topics. It also features candidate [...]
Who Will Step Up to Lift the Fear of Deportations?
Justice for immigrants does not come easily. I recently discovered two heroes who brought immigration justice to my family and me. I praise these heroes in my story published in [...]
Travel Ban Faces Lawsuit
As a part of Trump’s travel ban, foreign-nationals from the seven blocked countries, are prevented from entering the United States. The only way to circumvent this ban is to [...]
In Newspaper Interview, Navid Discussed Supreme Court Nominee and Implications For Immigrants
In an interview with the Los Angeles Wave newspaper, Navid Dayzad analyzed the Trump administration’s Supreme Court Justice nominee. He explained how this past year’s SCOTUS travel ban decision [...]