Yang v. Holder (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-1031, 30 pp.) (King, J.) No. 13-1682, Oct. 29, 2014; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit grants a Chinese native’s petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals decisions affirming ...

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Mohamed v. Holder (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0987, 12 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 13-2027, Oct. 17, 2014; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: Failure to register as a sex offender is not a crime of moral turpitude, the 4th Circuit ...

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WASHINGTON — With impeachment threats and potential lawsuits looming, President Barack Obama knows whatever executive actions he takes on immigration will face intense opposition. So as a self-imposed, end-of-summer deadline to act approaches, Obama’s lawyers are carefully crafting a legal ...

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Thousands of smaller businesses are going to have to start checking the immigration status of new hires under a state law approved two years ago.

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As lawmakers prepare to debate immigration reform, employment lawyers are hoping for a solution to the persistent bottleneck in the visa program for highly skilled workers that they say hurts their clients, particularly small businesses and startups seeking the talent they need to survive.

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In 2006, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick picked up where her fellow Republican, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, left off and requested that the U.S. Department of Justice consider North Carolina as a location for the country’s next immigration court.

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The story of an illegal immigrant whose quest for cable TV nearly got her deported was all over the news earlier this month, but one key element of the whole strange saga remains unclear.

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A General Assembly committee set up to examine what North Carolina can do to crack down on illegal immigration is recommending no new legislative action other than urging the federal government to do more.

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Immigration lawyers in the Carolinas began preparing for an influx of clients back in June when President Barack Obama announced a deferred-deportation program, but many still weren’t ready for the deluge that followed. “It’s been nonstop, crazy. We’ve had to turn people away,” said Ann Marie Dooley, one of two full-time immigration attorneys at McKinney, Perry & Coalter in Greensboro, which has been offering free screening clinics for deferral applicants.

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Barahona v. Holder An El Salvadoran native loses his request for review of the Board of Immigrations Appeals’ final order saying he was ineligible for a “special removal” cancellation of deportation under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act of 1997; the 4th Circuit upholds the agency decision that found petitioner had provided material support to Salvadoran guerillas by allowing them to use the kitchen in his home.

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