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27Jul 2017

Travel Ban Update

Travel Ban Update: Grandparents and Other Close RelatviesThe United States Upreme Court disagreed with the Administration, allowing the District Court's injunction to stand with regard to relatives. Specifically, individuals from the six designated countries with grandparents and other close relatives in the United States will not be subject to the travel ban for now.However, the Court put the District Court's injunction regarding refugees on hold,...

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26Jul 2017

San Antonio Sumuggling Case

After reporting of the deadly smuggling case in Texas over the weekend, prosecutors charged the truck driver, Matthew Bradley Jr. with smuggling immigrants for financial gain resulting in death. This charge could carry the death penalty because the case resulted in people dying while in transit. You can read the whole article from the link....

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25Jul 2017

Form I-485 Updated

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised version of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status in order to reduce complexity.Adjustment of status is a process, which allowes beneficiaries of immigrant petitions already living in the United States to adjust status to that of a legal resident. The revised version of the form has updated form instructions, specific to the...

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14Jul 2017

No Plea Bargains for DWI in New Jersey

Most people who watch police procedural TV shows are familiar with the idea of a plea bargain. The prosecutor can offer a lesser charge with a lighter sentence to a defendant if they agree to plea guilty to the lesser charge (or charges). Also, a defendant may ask a prosecutor what they could do for them if they agreed to plead guilty to one of...

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14Jul 2017

If Someone Spots A Potential Drunk Driver, Can They Call It In And Will Anything Be Done?

Let's say you are driving on the Interstate and you notice a car weaving in and out of its lane, or driving well under the speed limit and you pass the driver who you notice has glassy eyes. Can or should you have someone in your car call it in?If someone does call it in this is what is known as an anonymous tip and...

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