Immigration News

Sunday morning, February 26, 2012, our founding Attorney Joseph B. De Mott will be speaking at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in San Antonio on "Immigration as a Moral Issue." He will be in the classroom from 9:30 to 10:30, and then share the pulpit with Minister Bret Lortie during the 11 o'clock service.

For more information visit their website: http://www.uusat.org/

De Mott, McChesney, Curtright & Armendáriz, LLP, adopted a family in need from the Catholic Charities Anti-Trafficking Program. The law office staff graciously gifted the single mother and her two children with basic necessities and Christmas gifts.

Did you ever want to go to law school? Now you can! Our Attorney Joseph B. De Mott will be speaking on Citizenship at 11 o'clock in English and Spanish.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2012, the 18th Annual People’s Law School will be held at St. Mary’s University School of Law. Free and open to the public, the seminar is designed to provide basic legal concepts on three primary topics or “Tracks”: Elder, Family and Business Law.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently proposed a change to its procedures for processing Form I-601 (Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility). Currently, applicants who cannot adjust status in the United States are required to return to their native country and remain there while their I-601 waiver application are adjudicated by USCIS. This process can take several months and applicants are separated from their family members that remains in the U.S.

An article on Immigration Prosecutorial Discretion.

SAN ANTONIO, TX – In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, the San Antonio division, of the Texas chapter, of the American Immigration Lawyers Association along with the
American Immigration Council (AIC) – a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of Immigration Law and the value of immigration to American society – announced today its call for submissions from fifth graders on the topic “Why I am Glad America is a Nation of Immigrants”.