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The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to create and manage federal immigration legislation, whereas each state reserves the right to enact and administer its policies regarding immigrants' rights for access to public services or education, as well as other...
Also known as a fiancé visa, the purpose of a K-1 visa is to provide a way for someone engaged to a citizen of the United States to gain entrance into the country. The myths surrounding this type of visa in Arizona have led to real consequences, including countless...
Arrests and deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plummeted sharply in fiscal 2021 in Arizona and across the United States as immigration officials began following Biden administration directives to focus on detaining immigrants with serious...
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations is one of the biggest investigative agency that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has. The group works in a variety of ways to remove illegal immigrants from Arizona and other parts of the country. What does ICE do? ICE...
If you're going through a divorce in Arizona, there can be many things to split up. With that in mind, one of the most important assets in a divorce is a 401(k) account. Typically, companies use 401(k) accounts as retirement plans for their employees. Before you and...
When Arizona parents of young children divorce, child custody becomes a major concern. Who will have primary custody of the child? How much time should the other parent be able to spend with the child? These questions can lead to an intense fight, but it doesn't have...
The story begins with a father, who almost lost his son and ended up with our firm accomplishing the unheard of, which was reuniting that father with his son. Our team of dedicated attorneys and support staff at our Tucson, AZ law office, Goldstein & Scopellite,...
Traditional norms state that in child custody issues, the law will always favor the mother over the father. However, while that may be true in cases involving infants or small children where the mother is proven fit and where the de facto sense of the law is...
In 2007, the Pew Hispanic Center noted a record number of undocumented immigrants in the country, with 12 million living in the United States. Though the number fell to 11.1 million two years later, it has largely remained steady, with 11.2 million undocumented...
If an immigrant, meaning the person has legal permanent residence in the United States, has been convicted of certain serious crimes, it may seem inevitable that that individual will be placed in removal proceeding before the immigration court and eventually deported...