Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

USCIS Introduces “Ask Emma”

On December 2, 2015, the USCIS introduced the feature “Ask Emma”, a virtual assistant, on www.uscis.gov. Emma is named after Emma Lazarus, the woman who wrote the sonnet “The New Colossus” which appears on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statute of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor…”) The USCIS press release […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update November 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Nine SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE November 2015 is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with almost 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]

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Shusterman’s Newsletter US Immigration October 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Eight SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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The Immigration Law Turns 50

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (aka the “Hart-Celler Act”) turned 50 years old on October 3, 2015. The Act was passed shortly after the Civil Rights Acts in 1964 and 1965, and ended the National Origins quota system which had restricted most U.S. immigration to natives of Germany, Great Britain and Ireland. For […]

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Our Week at the Dilley Detention Center

A brief description of our week volunteering at the Dilley Detention Center in Texas:   We Arrive at the Dilley Detention Center In late August, 4 of us from Los Angeles flew to San Antonio and then drove to Dilley, Texas to join other volunteers in representing unaccompanied women and children from Central America and […]

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Newsletter US Immigration August 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Seven SHUSTERMAN’S Newsletter US Immigration August 2015 is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update July 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Six SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update June 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Five SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of Carl […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update May 2015

Volume Twenty, Number Four SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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June 2015 Visa Bulletin: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The June 2015 Visa Bulletin contains a bit of good news for persons in certain employment-based (EB) categories. However, for others, like Chinese investors, the news is mostly bad. For Filipino professionals and Mexicans and Filipinos in some of the family-based (FB) categories, the news is downright ugly. The Good The worldwide EB-3 category (professionals, skilled and […]

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