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Spar & Bernstein New York Immigration Attorneys/Lawyers

A Letter from President Obama on Immigration

March 22, 2011

My wife recently sent a letter to President Obama and she received a reply back via email. I thought I’d share it with you today (in italics):
March 14, 2011
Dear Friend:
Thank you for writing me. I have heard from many Americans concerned about immigration, and I value your input as we work to address [...]

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Act Today to Get the Dream Act Passed!

November 30, 2010

In early November, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) promised to bring up key immigration-related legislation before the end of the year. It now appears that the DREAM Act is poised for a potential vote during the current lame duck session of Congress.
Although Congress was in recess last week, the groundwork has been laid for [...]

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Act Before Immigration Fee’s Go Up on 11/23!!

November 12, 2010

Please remember that the USCIS will be increasing most fee’s related to immigration processing as of November 23, 2010. I reviewed the pricing changes and with a few exceptions, almost all of them are going up! When have you seen fee’s go down? Neither have I. So, like anything else these days, immigration processing fees [...]

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Immigration Link Now on BlogTalkRadio

November 11, 2010

It’s been my conviction for a long time now that the best client is an educated client. This is especially true in the area of immigration law. It is this conviction that brought about our ever popular immigration radio show on Link Up 93.5FM in New York that we started 14 years ago. [...]

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A Green Card Success Story

November 3, 2010

This clip is one of the most popular of almost 300 clips we have on our YouTube with over 31,000+ views. It’s worth showing to the many who follow this blog who may not have seen this yet.

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Who’s Defending Arizona’s Immigration Law?

November 1, 2010

As I have posted on this blog before, the Arizonia immigration law is bunk. Clearly, a state should never be in the business of setting up laws that are the domain of the federal government. Who would defend a law that clearly cannot be defended?
Answer: How about enough people to [...]

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Federal Deportation Program Expands

October 20, 2010

Have you heard about the Department of Homeland Security program for scanning local jails for illegal immigrants? If not, you certainly will be. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the state of Texas is the first border state to fully deploy this federal scanning program. The program, known as Secure Communities, [...]

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Have You Heard About S. 3982?

October 8, 2010

Have you heard about the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S. 3932) by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT)? No? If you haven’t, you will. This recently introduced bill restarts the discussion and debate in this country about immigration reform. It gives us hope that perhaps after the [...]

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What Record Deportations Mean to Employers and Illegals

October 7, 2010

The Washington Post was reporting this morning that nearly 392,000 people have been deported from the U.S. during the 2010 fiscal year ending September 30th. That’s an astounding number that reflects the current focus of our country to locate and deport unauthorized immigrants. The Post noted that about half of that 392,000 deportations [...]

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Geographic Immigration Distribution in the U.S.

September 30, 2010

I always enjoy Jay Leno when during his show he does his ‘man on the street’ routine. That’s where Leno and a camera crew go out into the streets and ask a basic question to see it the general public is aware. In the past, he’d ask ‘who’s the Vice-President of the U.S.?’ [...]

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An End to Anti-Immigrant Sentiment? Sadly, I Don’t Think So

August 19, 2010

By Mariana Vázquez-García
Managing Attorney/New York Immigration Attorney
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Attacks against immigrants seem to be making the rounds these days, with states seemingly eager to legislate racial profiling of anyone born South of the Border, Asian or Arab-looking.
But the fact is, anti-immigrant sentiment has been around for centuries. It is the [...]

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Like Dorothy in the Land of Oz, I’m not in Kansas anymore

August 12, 2010

By Stella Templo
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
I had the dubious pleasure of living in Kansas for a couple of years.
Kansans are some of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting except when it came to immigrants. To hear some of them speak, immigrants are to blamed [...]

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Our View: Stark Reality of Arizona’s Immigration Law SB 1070

July 16, 2010

By Mariana Vázquez-García
Managing Attorney/New York Immigration Attorney
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
If the federal courts do not stop the insanity of Arizona’s new immigration law and SB 1070 goes from being a horrible nightmare to a stark reality, we will suddenly find ourselves in a situation where a state, moved by whims and bigotry, [...]

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Immigration Law – Frequently Asked Questions Answered!

June 30, 2010

By Melissa Desvarieux and Shannon LaGuerre
New York Immigration Attorneys, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Question: How is the deportation process initiated?
Desvarieux & LaGuerre: A voluntary departure order or a final order of removal initiates the deportation process.
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Question: Can a deportation or removal order be appealed?
Desvarieux & LaGuerre: Of course. There are several levels to [...]

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Q&A with New York Immigration Attorney Melissa Desvarieux

June 30, 2010

The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein put 15 questions to one of its awesome immigration attorneys, Melissa Desvarieux:
Where did you get your indergraduate degree? And which law school did you graduate from?
University of Pennsylvania for my undergrad, Tulane for law.
Where were you born and raised?
Born in New York City (but I didn’t stay [...]

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Immigration Law – Frequently Asked Questions Answered!

June 24, 2010

By Bindhu Vijayan
New York Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Q: Under what circumstance will a foreign spouse’s permanent resident status in the U.S. be conditional?
A foreign spouse will be granted conditional permanent residence status if the individual adjusted his/her status or was granted permanent residence prior to the couple’s second year wedding [...]

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Things You MUST Know about Immigration/Part 4

June 23, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Our fourth and final set of five Things You MUST Know about Immigration:
1. You MUST know the difference between pleading guilty versus a dismissed charge -paying a fine in criminal court does not mean that the case was dismissed. A guilty [...]

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Things You MUST Know about Immigration/Part 3

June 22, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Our third set of five Things You MUST Know about Immigration:
1. You MUST know that the processing times as posted on the USCIS website are not 100% correct. Find a way to double or, if possible, even triple check the times.
2. [...]

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Spar & Bernstein Answers Important Immigration Questions

June 17, 2010

By Bindhu Vijayan
New York Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Question: I am a citizen of another country and I came to the United States using a visa, but I overstayed the period for which I was admitted. I am now married to a U.S. Citizen, and my spouse and I want to [...]

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Brad Bernstein’s Immigration Advice: “Learn to read” English

June 16, 2010

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