Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in New Haven, CT

NO New Laws Yet!! This week I heard multiple reports of CT residents traveling to New Jersey to see "a lawyer who is helping people get their papers." All were undocumented Central Americans. The claim is that an undocumented adult who recently brought a child to the United States unlawfully (e.g., paid a smuggler to get the child to the border at which point the child was released to the parent's custody) is somehow eligible for legal status in the United States. That scenario creates no right to any status under existing law. Under certain circumstances the child may be eligible for what is called Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and a path to permanent residency. SIJS-based residence, however, precludes the child from ever petitioning for either biological parent in the future. It is possible that the reports I have heard are based on misunderstandings. It is quite possible that the misunderstandings are based on intentional deception - FRAUD! Despite much talk of immigration reform in 2021, nothing was signed into law that would create a lawful status for the millions of people currently in the US who are without status. Any major reform would be widely reported and reliable info could be found in multiple languages at...