New Edition of Form I-129CW

 

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing the new edition of its Form I-129CW, Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Worker, on June 18, 2020 [PDF version]. The new Form I-129CW is part of revisions to the CW1 nonimmigrant category in the interim final rule implementing the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018. We discussed the revisions in a separate post [see blog].

Starting on June 18, the USCIS will only accept the 06/18/20 edition of the Form I-129CW. This means that the USCIS will reject any older edition of the Form I-129CW postmarked on or after June 18, 2020.

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Four New Assistant Chief Immigration Judges (May 2020)

 

On May 22, 2020, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the appointment of four new assistant chief immigration judges [PDF version]. Assistant chief immigration judges have the responsibility of overseeing the overall operations of the immigration courts to which they are assigned. Assistant chief immigration judges also hear cases. None of the four new assistant chief immigration judges have prior experience on the immigration bench. Below, we will examine the biographies of the new assistant chief immigration judges.

Karen E. Mayberry, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, Arlington Immigration Court

• 1990-2020: Judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force in many locations; Judge and Chief Judge of the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
• 1987-1989: Assistant appellate defender in Topeka, Kansas.
• 1986-1987: Private practice.
• 1986: Juris Doctor from Kansas University School of Law.

Alfredia Owens, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court

• 2007-2020: Chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Atlanta, for Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
• 2006-2007: Deputy chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS.
• 2002-2005: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS.
• 1996-2001: Assistant district attorney for the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office.
• 1994: Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

Khalilah M. Taylor, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, New York — Broadway Immigration Court

• 2016-2020: Assistant chief counsel and deputy chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York.
• 2014-2016: Associate counsel with the Refugee and Asylum Law Division, Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS, in Rosedale, New York.
• 2002-2014: Assistant district counsel/assistant chief counsel, senior attorney, and deputy chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York.
• 2001-2002: Judicial law clerk at the Newark Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.
• 2001: Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

William E. Hanrahan, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court

• 2018-2020: Chief judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Wisconsin.
• 2016-2018: Wisconsin deputy chief judge.
• 2007-2016: Wisconsin circuit court judge.
• 1998-2007: Assistant attorney general for the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
• 1988-1998: Assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County.
• 1988: Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law.

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David H. Wetmore Appointed Chairman of the BIA

On May 29, 2020, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the appointment of David H. Wetmore as the chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) [PDF version]. Below, we will examine Chairman Wetmore's resume with reference to the EOIR news release on his appointment.

David H. Wetmore, Chairman, Board of Immigration Appeals

• May 2020: Appointed Chief Appellate Immigration Judge of the Board aof Immigration Appeals by U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
• 2019-2020: Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General (ODAG).
• 2018-2019: Senior counsel to the Deputy Attorney General in ODAG.
• 2009-2018: Trial Attorney in the Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation's (OIL) Appellate Section, DOJ.
• 2017-2018: Immigration Advisor to the White House Domestic Policy Counsel.
• 2006-2007: Law clerk to Judge Daniel A. Manion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
• 2002-2003: Law clerk to Judge Gordon J. Quist of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• 2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011: Adjunct law professor at The George Washington University Law School.
• 2003-2006, 2007-2009: Private practice.
• 2002: Juris Doctor, with High Honors, from The George Washington University Law School.

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Online EOIR Automated Case Information Application Now Available

On February 25, 2020, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced a new option for checking case information online [PDF version].

Users may access the EOIR's new automated case information application on the EOIR's website. Case information is currently available only in English and Spanish.

In order to use the automated case information application, a user must input his or her A-Number at https://portal.eoir.justice.gov/InfoSystem/Form?Language­EN (English) or https://portal.eoir.justice.gov/InfoSystem/Form?Language­ES (Spanish). The application can provide information about next scheduled hearings, decision information at the immigration court or Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), court and BIA contact information, and the immigration court's current operating status.

While the EOIR has added automated case information to its website, the EOIR's automated case information telephone hotline remains available. The phone number for the EOIR automated case information hotline is 800-898-7189 (TDD 800-828-1120).

Please visit the nyc immigration lawyers website for further information. The Law Offices of Grinberg & Segal, PLLC focuses vast segment of its practice on immigration law. This steadfast dedication has resulted in thousands of immigrants throughout the United States.

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