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		<title>Constitution Day &#8211; A Call for Independent Immigration Courts</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/09/18/constitution-day-call-independent-immigration-courts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/09/18/constitution-day-call-independent-immigration-courts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was Constitution Day. I had the honor to take part in a public action at the Constitution Center, across from Independence Mall, calling for independent immigration courts insulated from political pressure. My fellow speakers included Hon. Charles Honeyman (ret.), a former immigration judge, who spoke about upholding his oath to protect this country from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The stranger who was once us</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/02/07/stranger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is an excerpt of my remarks as president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA), delivered at a Lunar New Year Banquet last night, telling part of my immigrant story: Many of you may know that citizenship and immigration law is my area of practice.  I myself am an immigrant to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminating &#8220;residing in the US&#8221; for military service members &#8211; what it really means</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2019/09/02/signifying-policy-update-children-u-s-military-service-members/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2019/09/02/signifying-policy-update-children-u-s-military-service-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizenship and naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquired citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american citizenship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[citizenship for children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transmitting citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US foreign service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This USCIS Policy Alert, among other things, modifies the USCIS agency's interpretation of the words, "residing in the United States" in a provision of immigration law, INA § 320, that controls how a child born abroad automatically acquires U.S. citizenship AFTER birth.
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		<title>Perspective from a State Department officer</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/02/02/perspective-state-department-officer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/02/02/perspective-state-department-officer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement / detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme vetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog post, &#8220;Trump’s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis,&#8221; I made the case that the &#8220;extreme vetting&#8221; called for in President Trump&#8217;s Executive Order of January 27, 2017, banning immigrants from seven countries, was already in place.  I based this on my experience as an immigration attorney working with visa applicants. Now, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/01/30/trumps-precipitation-immigration-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/01/30/trumps-precipitation-immigration-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national origin discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, his actions have turned U.S. immigration into a nightmare for countless numbers of lawful immigrants and visa holders and arriving refugees, and even for naturalized U.S. citizens from certain countries targeted by President Trump.  This does not even take into account those currently being processed for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia is successfully competing for skilled immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/03/22/australia-successfully-competing-skilled-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/03/22/australia-successfully-competing-skilled-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this Quartz article about how skilled immigrants are finding a friendlier welcome in countries like Australia and Canada, in part because of artificially low quotas for skilled workers (the H-1B category in particular) in the USA, and in part due to the hostility expressed to immigrants in general by our presidential candidates. http://qz.com/638881/while-americans-feud-australia-is-stealing-away-immigrants-with-sought-after-skills/ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrutiny of K-1 fiancé visas after San Bernardino mass shooting</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/02/25/scrutiny-k-1-fiance-visas-san-bernardino-mass-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/02/25/scrutiny-k-1-fiance-visas-san-bernardino-mass-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer about K-1 fiancé visas in the aftermath of the San Bernardino mass shooting, where a young married couple killed 14 people and injured 22 others.  You can read the article about K-1 visas here:  Philadelphia Inquirer:  &#8221;Engagement visas in spotlight.&#8221;  The wife in that couple originally entered the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Limited new benefits in the pipeline for unauthorized immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/12/02/limited-benefits-pipeline-unauthorized-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/12/02/limited-benefits-pipeline-unauthorized-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you have heard, on November 20, 2014, President Obama announced significant changes in how some of our immigration enforcement actions and benefits applications will be handled.  The goal of these changes is to allow certain unauthorized immigrants to register with the government to apply for work permits and a temporary reprieve from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advantages of Citizenship</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/11/18/advantages-citizenship/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/11/18/advantages-citizenship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizenship and naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driver's license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permanent resident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security card]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a permanent resident who intends to live the rest of your life in the U.S. it makes sense to get your citizenship.  You have more rights as a citizen and are safe from deportation.]]></description>
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		<title>The flood of immigrant children</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/07/09/actions-reflect-character-handle-flood-children-coming-southern-border/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/07/09/actions-reflect-character-handle-flood-children-coming-southern-border/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been wrestling with how our government should handle the humanitarian crisis in full-spate at our U.S.-Mexico border, where unaccompanied children, as well as mothers with young children, are crossing into the United States at unprecedented rates, overwhelming our Border Patrol and other immigration-related resources.  About 52,000 unaccompanied children have crossed in the five [&#8230;]]]></description>
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