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	<title>The Golden Door &#187; immigration</title>
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		<title>The stranger who was once us</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/02/07/stranger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/02/07/stranger/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[birthright citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship for children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivative citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=610</guid>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[H-1B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highly skilled workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skilled workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=589</guid>
		<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>Ask An Immigration Attorney How A U Visa Can Help You</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/01/20/visas-benefit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2014/01/20/visas-benefit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant victims of crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law enforcement certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U nonimmigrant status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violent crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U visas are a little known way to obtain your green card if you are the victim of a violent crime.  To get this status, you must cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the investigation and prosecution of the crime and obtain a certification from that agency of your helpfulness.]]></description>
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		<title>Consult Your Immigration Attorney For Motions To Reopen/Reconsider</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/12/30/motions-reopenreconsider/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/12/30/motions-reopenreconsider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B1/B2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change of status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F-1 student visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-290]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motion to Reopen/Reconsider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reopen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourist visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USCIS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When USCIS makes a mistake the way to hold it accountable is to file an I-290B Motion to Reopen or Motion to Reconsider.  And be persistent.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers for detained immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/09/lawyers-detained-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/09/lawyers-detained-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enforcement / detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil violation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal defendant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro bono counsel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigrant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new pilot program in New York City will provide pro bono counsel to detained immigrants, in an effort to reduce the costs of unnecessary detention of immigrants accused of immigration violations.]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex marriage cases post-Windsor</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/01/same-sex-marriage-cases-post-windsor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/01/same-sex-marriage-cases-post-windsor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOMA & marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjustment of status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense of Marriage Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-130]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legally valid marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[place of celebration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. v. Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States v. Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windsor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that DOMA's definition of marriage as being limited to a union between a man and a woman has been held unconstitutional, USCIS is now accepting applications from same-sex married couples. ]]></description>
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		<title>Post Script to Consular Nonreviewability</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/07/07/post-script-consular-nonreviewability/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/07/07/post-script-consular-nonreviewability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consular nonreviewability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraqi interpreter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Immigrant visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This episode of This American Life perfectly illustrates the sometimes absurd communications that visa applicants must deal with to get a chance of immigrating to the United Sttates.]]></description>
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