Immigration News

USCIS Attempts to "Go Digital" are Abysmal Failure

by Jim Hacking | November 13, 2015

A decade ago, the U.S. government began a push to move all of their immigration forms from paper to digital.  Today, there is only one of those forms online... VIEW POST

USCIS Immigration Officer Allegedly Sought Sex from Immigrant

by Jim Hacking | September 30, 2015

Laura Maldonado, an undocumented immigrant from Ecuador, brought her 10-year-old son to an immigration office in Tampa, FL in 2006.  Their legal status was unclear ever since her American... VIEW POST

USCIS Ordered to Pay $47,000 in Legal Fees to Immigration Attorney

by Jim Hacking | June 25, 2015

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has agreed to pay New York immigration attorney John Assadi more than $47,000 to end a long struggle over a Freedom of Information... VIEW POST

JIMMIGRATION: Mailbag - 1.9.2015

by Jim Hacking |

Welcome to the inaugural post of JIMMIGRATION - our mailbag for January 9, 2015 A second re-entry permit Hi.  I am a permanent resident, and left 2 years ago.... VIEW POST

State Assembly Woman sentenced to 1 year in prison for paying $8,000 for sham green card marriage

by Jim Hacking |

Gabriela Rosa, a native of the Domincan Republic, pleaded guilty to paying an American citizen $8,000 in order to enter into a fake marriage and to obtain a green... VIEW POST

Mark Twain on Immigration: "only the scum of the population" abuse or oppress immigrants

by Jim Hacking | June 24, 2015

Many folks know Mark Twain as the author of Huckleberry Finn and his numerous other works, including the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee and many more.  Twain... VIEW POST

Immigration court servers crash & burn; deportation cases grind to a halt

by Jim Hacking |

The NY Post recently published a story highlighting a serious problem in our nation's immigration courts.  The courts, known as the Executive Office for Immigration Review, have gone days... VIEW POST