In our new weekly series Immigration Minute, immigration attorney Mario Godoy gives you the week’s immigration news and updates in 1 minute. Mario shares this week’s immigration update on February 18, 2021.
Welcome to the Immigration Minute with Godoy Law Office, where we give you recent immigration updates in a minute. This week we cover the US Citizenship Act of 2021.
On February 18th, the White House introduced it immigration reform bill. The proposed law includes a plan for an 8-year pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were in the US prior to January 1st of 2021.
Dreamers, farmworkers, and immigrants with TPS would immediately be eligible for a green card.
The proposed bill makes visas immediately available for the spouses and children under the age of 21 of green card holders.
It removes the “3 and 10-year” bars to reentry for individuals that previously lived illegally in the US. This provision alone opens legal immigration for many immigrants.
More protection for children and other vulnerable populations in the immigration courts. Providing funds for an attorney and eliminating the one-year limit for filing asylum cases.
Increasing protection for immigrants reporting work violations and stiffer penalties for employers that knowingly hire undocumented immigrants.
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If you have need assistance with your immigration case or have questions about your immigration status, we can schedule an evaluation or attorney consultation to review your situation. Contact Godoy Law Office at 630-912-0322, our skilled immigration lawyers in Chicago, Lombard and Oak Brook can answer any questions about immigration and guide you through every step of the process.
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Areas of Practice: Immigration Law | Criminal Defense | Appeals
Immigration Attorney Mario Godoy has years of experience guiding clients with immigration issues through the immigration process along with guiding clients through the criminal case. Godoy focuses on family-based immigration law, business immigration law, removal defense, and criminal defense representation of immigrants. A criminal charge or conviction can be devastating to your immigration case. With over a decade of immigration law experience and memories of family members who were deported due to bad legal advice, Godoy is committed to helping other immigrant families receive the legal justice they deserve. As a legal entrepreneur who practices immigration law, criminal law, estate and probate law, and running two successful law firms, Mario Godoy understands the importance of keeping families together and making a home and future in America.
