U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is restoring robust screening and vetting processes to detect aliens seeking to defraud or abuse the immigration system, including aliens who make false claims to U.S. citizenship.
A New York-based state-chartered credit union has been hit with a class action from an individual claiming the credit union wrongfully denied him and other Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and immigrants access to loan products solely because of their citizenship status.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has told a Manhattan federal judge it wants to arbitrate a suit by a former attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group who claims he was wrongfully fired after taking medical leave, arguing the two sides already settled the dispute.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the conviction and sentencing of an Indian national, residing in New York, for staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.
Immigrant advocacy groups urged the D.C. Circuit to stop the IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with immigration authorities, saying the court should consider the substance of their challenge to an unprecedented information sharing deal rather than toss their case on procedural grounds put forward by the government.
Honigman LLP continued the growth of its Chicago office with the Monday announcement of two new partners in its labor and employment group, one from Baker McKenzie and another from Norton Rose Fulbright.