News | George P Mann & Associates

At the beginning of this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a new policy that allows certain nationals from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to apply for Advance Parole. Advance Parole is a travel document that allows migrants to travel outside of the United States, and then legally return. In order to…

DHS Announces Registration Process for Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine and Sudan

April 19, 2022

Asylum-Seekers, Immigration, immigration policy, Sudan, Temporary Protected Status, TPS, Ukraine, USCIS

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted today two Federal Register notices on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine and Sudan. These notices provide information about how to register for TPS under each country’s designation. The registration process for both countries begins today and all individuals who want to request TPS under the designation either of…

George P. Mann & Associates Files Complaint with United Nations

December 20, 2021

9th Circuit Court, Asylum-Seekers, Board of Immigration Appeals, deportation, Immigration Advocacy, Immigration Reform

Once in a blue moon, an exceptionally unconscionable judicial decision compels us to take further action and seek out a different method not necessarily to achieve justice, but to bring awareness in order to prevent further injustice. Such a situation occurred this past week when George Mann and Maris Liss, Head of Appeals, filed a…

TPS Extension for Haitians: What it Could Mean for You

May 25, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security, Haiti, Temporary Protected Status, TPS, USCIS

Over the weekend, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced a new 18-month designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This new TPS designation enables Haitian nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided in Haiti) currently residing in the United States as of May 21, 2021 to file initial applications for TPS,…

The Supreme Court Niz-Chavez Decision: What it Might Mean for You

April 30, 2021

Maris Liss

Immigration, Niz-Chavez, Supreme Court

Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided the case Niz-Chavez v. Garland. This decision will pave the way for thousands of noncitizens to apply for new relief based on hardship to a US citizen, legal permanent resident, close relatives, as well as allow many to reopen their removal orders. Niz-Chavez is a sequel to the Supreme Court’s decision in…

Gone! The I-944 and the August 2019 Public Charge Rule

March 12, 2021

Oana Marina

Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration Advocacy, Public Charge, USCIS

Effective March 9, 2021, the I-944 (Declaration of Self Sufficiency) is gone for all adjustment of status (I-485) applications, retroactively and moving forward! The 2019 Public Charge Rule implemented during the Trump administration is gone too, so you will not need to provide any Public Charge-related information on forms I-129 or I-539 for change of…

The Story of the Old Chest

December 28, 2020

When George Mann and his parents set foot in New York in the fall of 1964 after having crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a ship appropriately named, “SS Independence,” the only items they carried were the clothes on their back, a few dollars in their pocket, and an old chest. This chest held the few…

International Migrants Day

December 18, 2020

Gabriel Mann

Immigrants, International Migrants Day, migrants, Refugees, United Nations

Today marks the United Nations’ (UN) International Day for Migrants. An important date for many reasons among them, to remind us of the many contributions immigrants make to the United States, the fight against discrimination towards migrants or “illegals”, and the right for every human being to seek asylum. The past four years of the…

Human Rights Day: Migration as a Human Right

December 10, 2020

Gabriel Mann

Human Rights, Human Rights Day, Immigration, Immigration Advocacy, Migrant Crisis, migrants

If there is one thing to take away from the horrible year that has been 2020, it’s that protecting and advocating for human rights is more important than ever. The key values of our society such as fairness, dignity, equality and respect are in need of more support than ever before. 2020 and the COVID-19…

Modern Slavery: Another Illness That Continues to Plague

December 2, 2020

Gabriel Mann