In this segment, Mark expresses his alarm at to the new DHS rule which allows the government to pry much more deeply into the private lives of immigrants and US citizens alike. DHS issued this rule which to its Inspector General Report which found that the pilot program regarding social media surveillance started in 2015 lacked criteria to measure its […]
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Legal Representation Makes a Difference! Results of the BIA Pro Bono Project
The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) Pro Bono Project began in 2001 to match respondents without representation with pro bono (free) counsel. More than a decade after the project began, results have shown that the Project had “an average success rate of 87% in matching pro se respondents with pro bono counsel” and that “pro […]
New Maryland Driver’s License Rules Effective Jan. 2014, Summarized by the AILA-DC MD Legislative Committee
In the attached summary, Mark Shmueli & Christina Wilkes (of Grossman Law LLC) summarize the requirements for Maryland driver’s licenses and highlight the key steps required for the new federally non-compliant license. In order to apply for the federally non-compliant license or identification card, you must file two years of state income taxes and comply […]
Guest Blog: Protect Hard Fought Gains for Migrant Farm workers in Senate Bill
“We owe [immigration reform] to those lost in Los Gatos and all of the other migrant farmworkers who have fed our nation for years.” – MJS Mark’s guest post for the AILA leadership blog focuses on the positive aspects of the Senate immigration bill for immigrant agricultural workers and the need to fight hard against […]
Mark & Tina’s Immigration Update in The Federal Lawyer on Options for Same Sex Couples
In this article we analyze the post DOMA landscape as it pertains to immigrants and their families after the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor This decision resulted in marriage equality for federal benefits and obligations as it rendered a federal ban on providing benefits to same sex couples a violation of equal […]
Mark Shmueli Wins Requests for Parole in Place for two Military Spouses Before USCIS Provides Formalized Guidance
On Nov. 15, 2013, USCIS issued guidance expressly authorizing that military spouses who have entered the United States without inspection may be paroled in place in the United States. When Mark successfully filed his first parole in place request in 2010, his was among the very first cases granted in the Baltimore District Office. Rather […]
Part 2 of Mark Shmueli’s two part series on immigration reform
In this article Mark describes the recent events which have led to the powerful call for progressive and meaningful immigration reform along with a discussion of the recently passed Senate Bill 744. Read the full article below. Cite as: Mark Shmueli, Mending the Fences? Meaningful and Just Immigration Reform Before Congress, Maryland Bar Bulletin (Sept.. […]
Part 1 of Mark Shmueli’s Two-Part Series on Immigration Reform
In discussing the social conditions surrounding the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1881, the 1924 quota law, the McCarren-Walter Act of 1952, the 1950 Internal Security Act, and the 1965 immigration act, Mark provides a historical context for immigration reforms of the past 150 years and puts today’s immigration reform movement in perspective. Click on the […]
DACA Recipients Can Request Advance Parole and Travel Outside the US
In June 2012, the Obama Administration announced an immigration benefit foe those who were now present in the US without permission, but had been brought here as children: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”). Over the last year, we have seen many benefits of this program, including that many undocumented youth have come out of […]
Immigration Law after the Death of DOMA — Equality for Same-Sex Marriages!
Mark J. Shmueli and Tina R. Goel recently co-authored a chapter, “Same-Sex Marriage and Family-Based Immigration Law” in Family-Based Immigration Law: A Lawyer’s Guide (July 2013), published by the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program. The chapter provides a history of immigration law and policy towards same-sex marriage including an analysis of the U.S. […]
