Read it here:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/07/metro/when-migrants-were-sent-marthas-vineyard-spirited-team-massachusetts-lawyers-jumped-help/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link
AILA NE Rachel Self provided information to the Boston Globe as follows: now that she has the certifications from the Texas sheriff in hand, the migrants can individually apply for U visas with the help of their pro bono immigration attorneys. The process promises to be long, she cautioned.
“It’s not a quick fix,” she said, “and [the outcome] is not guaranteed.”
But the U visa process does provide a plausible path for the migrants to obtain work authorization and, eventually, green cards, Espinoza-Madrigal said.
Read it here: ‘We’re all dispersed’: Migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard have now settled throughout Eastern Mass. – The Boston Globe
AILA NE Chapter Chair, Adrienne Vaughan, can be found in the Boston Globe as saying “it is time the Commonwealth join 16 other states that have enacted similar provisions. Separating the issuance of driver’s licenses from the issue of lawful status can be justified from several perspectives. The real issue is over safety on the road.”
Read it here: Immigration, driver’s licenses entwined in tangled Question 4 – The Boston Globe
Matt Maiona, an immigration attorney in Boston and spokesperson for the American Immigration Lawyers Association speaks to The Independent about the arrival of Venezuelan asylum seekers on Marthas Vineyard.
Read it here: https://t.co/UjLKa6YFay
Attorney Rachel Self’s message is clear: “[t]o the people who find themselves plane wrecked on our island, I have a message for you. You are not alone. We have your backs. We got you. If the intention of those who perpetrated this horrendous act was to create a crisis, they have failed.”
Watch it here: Immigration lawyers say Mass. migrants given misleading information in Texas – YouTube
The Boston Globe quoted Jill Seeber, Esq., founder of the Mabel Center and an AILA NE Asylum liaison, about the Biden administration’s attempts to expedite families’ asylum claims at the expense of due process.
Read it here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/20/metro/rocket-docket-redux-still-bad-idea/
Attorney Annelise Araujo was interviewed for a WGBH article, reporting on Boston’s asylum office and their low grant rate. Boston’s asylum office has the second lowest grant rate for asylum seekers in the country. In the interview, Annelise focused her remarks on the consequence of a denied asylum.
India Visa Immigration Embassy COVID Delay. Attorney Annelise Araujo was interviewed on the visa appointment delays.
Think Immigration published AILA member Peter Rees’ article on the National Interest Waiver on February 16, 2022.
Read it here: https://thinkimmigration.org/blog/2022/02/16/did-the-national-interest-waiver-just-get-easier/
AILA New England Chair Annelise Araujo’s letter to the Boston Globe editor was published yesterday. In her letter, Attorney Araujo stressed the point that our current US labor shortage could be mitigated, in part, by timely adjudication of the pool of over 650,000 pending with USCIS. She states: “The waiting time for many applicants is now over 12 months — for an application that USCIS estimates takes just 12 minutes to adjudicate.” 12 minutes! Great point, Annelise.
Read it here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/16/opinion/immigration-labor-shortage/#bgmp-comments
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