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Federal immigration judges demanded that the Justice Department suspend immigration hearings during coronavirus pandemic closings and the national emergency declared by President Trump including limited international travel, closing down businesses and advising that U.S. citizens practice “social distancing.” State and...

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that effective April 8, 2020, they will give immigration officers the authority to collect DNA from detained immigrants in detention facilities across the country and enter their results into a national...

Tom Steyer, a Democrat candidate running for United States President in the 2020 elections, announced his immigration plan and priorities if elected president on January 10. Steyer's immigration plan includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the country...

On Wednesday, November 26, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon found President Trump’s Proclamation 9945 Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System “inconsistent’’ with the Immigration and Nationalization Act of 1965. The Trump...

The Trump administration is proposing increased immigration fees including raise the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship, as well as creating new fees for some immigration applications. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed new set of fees...

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a temporary restraining order on November 2 that blocked a new Trump administration rule scheduled to go into effect on November 3 requiring that immigration visa applicants must prove that they have health insurance....

Immigration has been a central election topic in the Democrat presidential candidates debates and is a key topic for voters. Despite the fact that over 99% of Americans are in fact descendants of immigrants or themselves immigrants, immigration has become...

A Chicago federal judge issued an injunction stopping the Trump administration's new public charge rule from going into effect on Tuesday, October 15. Judge Gary Feinerman issued the temporary injunction on Monday, October 14, in response to a lawsuit filed...

3 federal judges issued injunctions to block the new public charge rule nationwide on Friday, October 11, 2019. U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels in the Southern District of New York and U.S. District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson in the...

Godoy Law Office is honored to be ranked #106 in the 2019 Law Firm 500 Awards. In 2018, Godoy Law was ranked #145, representing 31% growth. The award is issued annually to the fastest-growing law firms in the US. Chicago...