From the monthly archives:

January 2010

How Immigration Reform Will Happen

January 26, 2010

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ABA Meeting in Feb. Will Feature Immigration Reform

January 26, 2010

Source: American Bar Association
CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2010 – As comprehensive immigration reform looms on the legislative horizon, the American Bar Association will examine recommendations to enhance immigration courts while improving the professionalism, independence and accountability of immigration court judges during the association’s 2010 Midyear Meeting, Feb. 3 – 9, in Orlando, Fla.

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Tax Update: Charitable Donations to Haiti

January 26, 2010

From Sean Chi
Tax Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Update from our previous blog post regarding charitable donations to Haiti: Congress has passed a law allowing all charitable donations to Haiti made before 3/1/2010 to be deducted from last years, 2009’s, tax return. That would be the tax return due on 4/15/2010.

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Spar & Bernstein Haitian Attys. Speaking in Creole about TPS

January 26, 2010

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Revelation: 107 Died in Immigrant Detention Last 6+ Years!

January 26, 2010

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the American Immigration Lawyers Association obtained a list of the 107 immigrant detainees who died in Immigration & Customs Enforcement custody from October 2003 to the present. The most frequent cause of death was “illness.”

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PI Atty. Adam Handler on What to Do After a Car Accident

January 26, 2010

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Inside the Lawyers Studio with Atty. Melissa Desvarieux

January 26, 2010

On the hot seat today with the famously weird but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot/Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire is Spar & Bernstein New York immigration attorney Melissa Desvarieux:
What is your favorite word?
Hot.
What is your least favorite word?
Fear.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Kindness.
What turns you off?
Pushy people.
What is your favorite [...]

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Haitian Activist Jean Montrevil Released from ICE Detention

January 25, 2010

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Guest Blog: Whither Immigration Reform?

January 25, 2010

By Gabriel Thompson
Guest Blogger
http://workingintheshadows.wordpress.com/
There has been an undercurrent of anxiety about the prospects for immigration reform following last week’s Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts. I’m far from a political junkie–even five minutes of cable new coverage makes my head hurt–but despite my cultivated political ignorance, I think it worth making a few points in support [...]

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Immigration Law – Frequently Asked Questions Answered!

January 25, 2010

Please find below another installment in our popular regular series of frequently asked questions about immigration law. Although most of these questions have come from real clients of Spar & Bernstein, we have also included questions from other resources for your benefit. Please note that the answers here are to be used for guideline purposes [...]

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AP: President Skipping Jury Duty

January 25, 2010

Source: The Associated Press
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — A White House official says President Barack Obama will be skipping jury duty after being summoned in Illinois.
The administration official confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday that the president alerted the court weeks ago that he won’t be able to make it. The official spoke on [...]

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Atty. Michael Biniakewitz: Attempting a Crime, Restitution +

January 25, 2010

Spar & Bernstein Criminal Defense Attorney Michael Biniakewitz on attempting to commit a crime, the difference between parole and probation, and the meaning of restitution.

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Wyclef Jean Giving Aid in Haiti

January 25, 2010

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5 of Spar & Bernstein’s Favorite Quotes

January 25, 2010

“The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.”
- James Baldwin
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“The United States should be ‘an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.’”
- Thomas Paine
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“Here is not merely a nation, but a [...]

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Jessica Alba on Immigration

January 25, 2010

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The Whole Truth

January 25, 2010

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Haiti, My Story, My Beautiful Country

January 22, 2010

By Melissa Desvarieux
Immigration Attorney (born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Hait), The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
January 12, 2010, approximately 5:19 p.m: My phone rang.
Being a lawyer at one of the busiest law firms in New York City, that’s not an unusual thing for me. Even past 5 p.m., my phone is often ringing [...]

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Spar & Bernstein Offering Free TPS Consultations!

January 22, 2010

The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein is proud to announce that from now until Feb. 26, 2010, it’s offering FREE consultations to anyone wanting help with Temporary Protected Status.

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Haiti: A Video History

January 22, 2010

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Peeved about NYC’s Sole Immigration Detention Center Closing

January 22, 2010

By Nita Dobroshi
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Much has been written in recent days about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shutting the doors for good of New York City’s Varick Federal Detention Center in Lower Manhattan late next month.
This will result in the immediate transfer approximately 300 detainees to a county jail [...]

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