Recently, the Board of Immigration Appeals held for the first time that women who are the victims of domestic violence are eligible for political asylum in the United States. Specifically, the Board officially recognized that women who have experienced domestic...
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By H. Raymond Fasano, Esq. and Christina Xenides, Esq.Recently our Senior Associate, Christina Xenides, Esq., attended a multi-day continuing legal education conference presented by the American Immigration Lawyers' Association in Chicago. Christina's attendance put...
H. Raymond Fasano authors article for The Federal Lawyer this month that covers U.S. Immigration Courts
The following link is to an article that Mr. Fasano wrote at the invitation of The Federal Lawyer. The Federal Lawyer is the magazine for the Fedral Bar Association. Mr. Fasano's article addresses an overview of the Immigration Courts and the cases that they...
The New Era of Crimmigration Requires a Fundamental Knowledge of How to Read a Conviction Through Immigration Law Lenses.
Criminal defense lawyers must have a working knowledge of immigration verbiage in order to effectively represent their clients in the modern practice of criminal law. In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court held that counsel owes a duty to her non-citizen client to...
H. Raymond Fasano speaks on “Criminal Law Basics for the Immigration Practitioner” at AILA’s Annual Conference in a Boston
It was an honor to have been selected by AILA to present a discussion panel on criminal law basics for the immigration practitioner. The intersection of criminal law with immigration law is one of the most complicated issues that arise in our practice. I enjoy a great...
Practicing before immigration courts and understanding its structure:
Immigration cases are litigated before the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Any non-citizen who has committed an immigration law violation will be placed before an Immigration Judge after service of a Form I-862, Notice to...
H. Raymond Fasano addresses the Federal Bar Association’s Immigration Law Section Board on Eve of the Annual Memphis Seminar
A message from Mr. H. Raymond Fasano:On the eve of the ILS Annual CLE held in Memphis, TN I want to take this opportunity to thank the Section for asking me to serve one more year as Section Chair. When I was honored with the position as Section Chair, following the...
“The Face of our Hopes for Immigration Reform”
You might not figure it from the photograph that accompanies the following Daily News article, but Representative Peter King may very well be the face of a moderate Republican movement to get something done this year on Immigration Reform. The article notes the...
Lawyers’ Field Investigation is Powerful Tool in Immigration Court
This week I sacrificed valuable time in the office and with my family to be in Ecuador to study country conditions first hand. A great many of our clients originate from Ecuador. Although Ecuador has a rich and diverse history pre-dating the Aztecs and is steeped in...
H. Raymond Fasano, would like to share the following message with you
Please join us for the Federal Bar Association's Immigration Law Section Memphis CLE May 16 and 17. This stellar CLE presents the best and brightest immigration practitioners from around the nation that discuss all aspects of immigration law from non-profit to...
