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[09/03]
'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies
[08/26]
State obscures elite Texas Rangers' border work
[08/26]
Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally
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Studying in the United States
Thousands of international students enter the US each year to pursue educational degrees from American colleges and universities. Those wishing to study in the US should apply for nonimmigrant visas in either the F or M class, depending on the course of study they are pursuing.
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Does Everyone Need a Visa to Travel to the US?
Not everyone is required to have a visa to travel to the US, depending on where they are from and the purpose of their travels. Below are some examples of those who may travel without a visa. For more specific information on whether you qualify to enter the US without a visa, contact an experienced immigration attorney.
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Case Summaries
[09/01]
Mwasaru v. Napolitano
A Kenyan citizen's appeal of a district court's order dismissing her petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking a court order compelling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to transfer her file to an immigration judge to commence removal proceedings, review by the IJ of the denial of adjustment status, and the issuance of a diversity visa should the IJ approve her application, is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as section 1154 rendered petitioner ineligible for a DV-2007 visa as of midnight on September 30, 2007, and therefore, she is likewise ineligible for adjustment of status under section 1255 because no visa is immediately available.
[09/01]
Lin v. Holder
A Chinese couple's petition for review of a BIA's affirmance of an IJ's decision that petitioners were not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal and are eligible to be deported is denied as petitioners have not met their burden of demonstrating past persecution or a well founded fear of future persecution that if they return to China they will be persecuted on account of their opposition to and failure to comply with family planning policies.
[09/01]
US v. Melchor-Meceno
Defendant's sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. is affirmed where, because defendant's prior Colorado felony menacing conviction was categorically a crime of violence (as outlined in U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2), the district court properly applied the enhancement to defendant's sentence.
[09/01]
Garcia v. Holder
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioners' motion to reopen their removal proceedings, the petition is granted in part where the BIA erred by failing to exercise its discretion to consider or decline to consider petitioners' supplemental brief and the attached exhibit relating to a new medical condition allegedly incurred by mother. However, the petition is denied in part where the BIA did not abuse its discretion in concluding that petitioners' daughter's new medical condition did not warrant reopening.
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