Law Office of Maziar Mafi

Immigration judges must conduct bond hearings to determine whether a person will be detained or free during immigration proceedings. But in Charlotte, North Car...olina, three sitting immigration judges are refusing to conduct those hearings. We are suing to stop this unconstitutional practice.

Terrible decision from the Supreme Court today. Hey @RepMimiWalters and @realDonaldTrump - please tell me how my grandmother is a threat to our nation's securit...y? Thousands of people in #CA45 and around the country will be impacted by this. https://apnews.com/b8244def36484dfb93fd958962b7d649

"A spike in U.S. citizenship applications before and after the November 2016 election has led to a backlog of more than 708,000 pending requests nationwide, with typical wait times for applicants doubling since last year."

Indy Star: Federal judge prohibits ICE detainers in Marion County http://ow.ly/usIu30gtGWK

AILA Director of Government Relations Betsy Lawrence in CNN: Trump administration toughens H-1B visa renewal process http://ow.ly/5bjs30g9Vc6

California’s governor just signed a bill making it the first state to recognize a third gender: nonbinary.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the latest version of President Donald J. Trump's travel ban. U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson granted a tem...porary restraining order, concluding that Trump appeared to run afoul of federal immigration law when he issued a proclamation last month restricting travel to the U.S. by citizens of eight countries. See more

New USCIS form streamlines process to obtain a work authorization document and social security number simultaneously.

The justices did not drop the pending travel ban cases altogether, but removed them from the court's oral argument calendar while both sides file new briefs on the impact of the new directive. http://www.politico.com//supreme-court-cancels-oral-argume

t’s the latest terrifying incident in a series of arrests where immigration authorities are encroaching on spaces once thought safe for undocumented people. Immigration police have turned up to arrest people at hospitals, homeless shelters, and courthouses since the Trump administration rolled back Obama era protections to avoid making arrests in sensitive locations. http://splinternews.com/undocumented-parents-arrested-at-ch

To help applicants prepare for the civics test, USCIS has 100 short practice videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edk8n9arEL8 #CitizenshipDay #newUScitizen

ICE has requested permission to destroy records pertaining to death and sexual abuse in its detention facilities after 20 years and records of solitary confinement after 3.

Immigrantsdocumented and undocumented alikewill be desperately needed for these recovery efforts.