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In the News: How Afghan refugees have begun building a new life in Bradenton with a community’s help
Chelsea Nowel offers insight to the Tampa Bay Times about an immigration lawyer scam in Plant City.
In the News: More Immigrants Are Waiting in Legal Limbo Than Ever Before. Why Is It So Hard to Fix the Backlog in the Courts?
For years, under multiple presidents of both parties, the immigration court system has been something of a mess, struggling with a huge backlog of cases that has just seemed to snowball and snowball, sometimes keeping individuals in legal limbo for several years. Now new data shows the backlog of cases in immigration court has reached the highest level ever—at almost 1.6 million, according to a recent report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.
In the News: ICE to deport wife of veteran Navy sergeant
On Tuesday (24), agents from the Immigration Department (ICE) notified Alejandra Juarez that she will be deported to Mexico within 9 days; despite continued efforts to keep it in the USA.
En Las Noticias: Pastor que se hizo pasar por abogado y robó más de $1 millón a inmigrantes
Elvis Harold Reyes, de 56 años, se declaró culpable de haber estafado a cientos de inmigrantes en la bahía de Tampa, Florida.
In the News: ICE set to deport wife of former US Marine, Iraq war veteran
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly set to deport the wife of a former U.S. Marine and Iraq combat veteran early next month. The family’s attorney, Chelsea Nowel, said Alejandra Juarez has no criminal record besides her illegal entry.
In the News: Iraq War veteran's wife deported to Mexico after wanting Trump to intervene
Chelsea Nowel represents the wife of an Iraq war veteran who was deported after living in the US legally for 20 years.
In the News: He was supposed to fix immigration woes, now his clients face deportation
Chelsea Nowel offers insight to the Tampa Bay Times about an immigration lawyer scam in Plant City.