The path to naturalization can be difficult. Seemingly everyday problems can have an impact on your journey to becoming a citizen. The N-400, or application for naturalization, includes 20 pages of questions about almost every aspect of your life. Some of these...
Fighting For Your Rights
Month: May 2020
Can child support orders affect immigration status?
Undocumented immigrants often wonder whether child support obligations will impact an application for naturalization. The short answer is, “yes.” Your application for naturalization even accounts for support obligations. You will have to answer the specific question...
Divorcing as an immigrant? Get the right help
You immigrated to America when you decided to marry your American husband. Everything seemed amazing from that moment until now, but he has suddenly asked you for a divorce. You are worried because your child is American. You don’t want to be sent out of the country...
The arrest-to-deportation pipeline
Does shoplifting a candy bar when you’re a teenager make you a hardened criminal? What about jumping the turnstile in the subway when you’re broke -- or using a student pass even though you’re not technically a student any longer? If these sound like the kind of petty...
How ICE picks (and finds) its targets
Are you being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)? ICE agents have increasingly been harnessing the power of social media and the internet to identify potential targets and conduct surveillance. Their efforts are far from random, too. Take, for...