Asylum
Supreme Court Rules Biden Can End “Remain in Mexico” Policy
On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Biden Administration could cancel the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which required authorities either...
Asylum
Great news for Asylum Law – new rule surrounding dual nationality
On June 28, 2022, in Zepeda-Lopez et al. v Garland, the Second Circuit overruled a long-standing Board of Immigration Appeals case holding that an asylum...
Curran Berger and Kludt News
Attorney Kludt spoke at the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Conference 2020
At the Border, in Detention, and in our Communities: Current Issues in Immigration Rights Presenters: Claudia Quintero, Central West Justice, Megan Kludt, Curran Berger and...
Curran, Berger & Kludt News
Attorney Kludt interviewed for Daily Hampshire Gazette column by Razvan Sibii on The Resistance, as Organized by Immigration Lawyers
Original post in the Daily Hampshire Gazette's Opinion Column, written by Razvan Sibii on January 5, 2020 Throughout 2019, the journalists working the immigration beat...
Curran Berger and Kludt News
Attorney Kludt lectured at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Asylum and Detention at the Southern Border
Attorney Megan Kludt guest lectured at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for an honors course titled "American Struggles: Immigration and Mass Incarceration" on December 5th. ...
Curran Berger and Kludt News
Attorney Kludt co-authored a Practice Advisory on Adjustment Eligibility of TPS Holders After Return With Advance Parole
Attorney Megan Kludt co-authored a Practice Advisory with the American Immigration Council and American Immigration Lawyers Association on: Adjustment Eligibility of TPS Holders After Return...
adoption
Attorney Dan Berger to speak on citizenship in the foster care system at Duke University
Attorney Dan Berger will be a panelist on "Citizenship and other International Aspects of Foster Care/Foster to Adopt" at the 2018 Silent Victims: Foster Care and...
Family- and Humanitarian-Based Immigration
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to end for immigrants from El Salvador
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador will end on September 9, 2019. If you...
Immigration News
Temporary Protected Status terminated for Nicaragua
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaina Duke, has announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua will be terminated on January 5, 2019. ...
Curran, Berger & Kludt News
Attorney Megan Kludt to present Teach In on Immigration Law: Dreaming Beyond DACA at Smith College
Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Weinstein Auditorium. 7 pm.
Dream Act/DACA
Take Action: Urge Congress to Protect Dreamers and Support the Dream Act of 2017
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has issued a press statement and Quicktake video supporting Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) Dream Act of 2017. See also this...
adoption
Funding an International Adoption
For a free monthly newsletter about adoption loans and grants at: http://www.resources4adoption. com/free-resources/monthly-newsletter.html The AAAA charitable trust provides grants to adoptive families. To learn more go...
Curran, Berger & Kludt News
Attorney Dan Berger will host a webinar for undocumented students, families, and allies at Harvard College
State of the State: A Webinar Update on Immigration Issues for Undocumented and DACA Students When: June 29th, 1-2pm Eastern Standard Time Who: Undocumented students, families and allies at...
Attorney Publications
Current Trends in J-1 Waivers Based on Exceptional Hardship to a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident Spouse or Child
This advisory reviews the procedure and standards for J-1 waivers based on exceptional hardship to a U.S. citizen (USC) or lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouse...
Attorney Publications
A Review of Legal Issues Arising After a Grant of DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was implemented in mid-2012, in response to the tireless efforts of undocumented students who have struggled for more than...
Attorney Publications
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Should Undocumented Young People Apply?
It is hard to believe that just a few months ago President Obama announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since then immigration...
Attorney Publications
Navigating DNA Testing in Immigration Cases (Bender’s Immigration Bulletin)
DNA testing has become the gold standard for immigration cases based on genetic family relationships much as it has for other areas of law such...
Attorney Publications
Navigating DNA Testing In Immigration Cases (AILA)
DNA testing has become the gold standard for immigration cases based on genetic family relationships much as it has for other areas of law such...
Attorney Publications
Intercountry Adoption, Domestic Adoption and the Post-Hague Landscape
In the past few years, the world of intercountry adoption has dramatically changed for families, practitioners and vulnerable children. Most notably, the Hague Convention on...
Attorney Publications
The International Adoption Sourcebook
The United States' implementation of the Hague Convention has resulted in interim regulations from the State Department and Department of Homeland Security. The consequences for...
Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugees are not the problem in ISIS fight
ISIS WANTS to murder more Americans, and it hopes to attack us here at home. Its threats in the aftermath of the Paris carnage made...
Syrian Refugees
The Refugee Dilemma: What do we owe those we take in?
Nelson Kargbo was eleven years old when rebel soldiers attacked his village, Kamalo, in northern Sierra Leone. He was playing soccer on a dirt field...