April 13, 2021-United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been rolling out new guidelines restricting enforcement measures from the previous administration under an Executive Order issued by President Biden.  ICE will more narrowly focus on noncitizens who pose a national security, border security or public safety rather than general non-documented status. As a result, […]

Organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Watch have recently reported on situations where deportations and U.S. policies against immigrants have violated human rights. According to the ACLU, federal immigration policies, immigration officers, and even police officers have sometimes used immigration law to engage in racial profiling, killing of people at […]

Joseph Cohen is a deportation law firm in San Antonio, Texas that helps individuals facing deportation. While most deportation cases are handled as civil matters, in which the person facing immigration charges might face deportation, some deportation cases are handled as criminal matters. Increasingly, the U.S. is choosing to prosecute and handle some immigration offenses […]

The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Trump administration cannot (at this time) end DACA, a program that protects 700,000 immigrants from deportation. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration is not permitted to end DACA using the procedure that it used. According to the New York Times, the Supreme Court ruled that the […]