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The sale and use of marijuana are now legal in Illinois and many other states. However, cannabis use is still considered a federal crime. Federal immigration law was mainly written in the 90s and makes no exceptions for medically prescribed...

Your social media accounts can be used against you in your deportation case in a number of ways. In some cases, even a single social media post can be enough to lead to deportation. For example, if you post a...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued new instructions for asylum applications submitted by individuals whose removal proceedings were dismissed or terminated by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). These new instructions go into effect on...

A person seeking legal residency in the U.S. must be of good moral character for at least ten years. That ten-year period is calculated backward from when the application is finally resolved before the immigration judge. Even if a conviction...

Legally reentering the United States is very difficult and attempting to reenter the U.S. after being deported without authorization is a felony under the INA. Depending on the number of previous deportations, someone can be deemed inadmissible for 5, 10...

A federal judge has again declared illegal a new version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which prevents deportation of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. The judge, Andrew Hanen of the Southern District...

Adjustment of status is the process by which a foreign national who is in the United States on a temporary visa can apply for a green card that provides permanent resident status. Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust...

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from two Republican state attorneys general to the Biden administration's immigration guidelines that prioritize which noncitizens to deport. The court ruled 8-1 that the states, Texas and Louisiana, did not have the "standing,"...

An order of removal in absentia is a deportation order that is issued by an immigration judge when the respondent (the person facing deportation) does not appear for their hearing. The order is issued even though the respondent was properly...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law on July 1, 2023, that will make standard driver's licenses available to noncitizens regardless of immigration status. The law, which takes effect on July 1, 2024, will allow undocumented immigrants to...