• Immigrants' Rights Update Index

Immigrants' Rights Update

Volume 20, Issue 4
August 23, 2006

New Affidavit of Support

• Final rule implements 1996 requirement that petitioners submit legally enforceable affidavits of support; USCIS also issues clarifying memo

• Analysis of final affidavit-of-support rule and forms

Child Status Protection Act and V-Visas

• USCIS issues guidance on Child Status Protection Act and V-visas

• Opting out under the CSPA: The effect of naturalization in family-based immigration

Temporary Protected Status

• TPS extended for El Salvador; EADs automatically extended through Mar. 9, 2007; Reregistration deadline is Sept. 1st!

• TPS extended for Somalia; EADs automatically extended through Mar. 17, 2007; Reregistration deadline is Sept. 25

Employment Authorization Cards

• USCIS discontinues issuance of employment authorization cards at local offices

Immigration Litigation

• The Orantes injunction and expedited removal: An issue brief

• Supreme Court finds reinstatement of removal applies to pre-IIRIRA entries