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Four New Year’s Resolutions to Prepare for Immigration Policy in the Trump Administration

By: Robert Blanco, Esq. President-elect Trump made immigration a significant issue in his campaign, promising to enact a host of immigration policies focusing on curbing illegal immigration and increased screening procedures. Although the details of any new immigration policies have not been set, it is likely that there will be an increase in enforcement and more restrictive adjudications across the board. With that in mind, here are a few New Year’s resolutions to implement in preparation for the likely changes in 2017 and beyond. Check your I-94 on each entry An I-94 record is proof of foreign nationals’ immigration status in the U.S., including the class of admission and the date such status expires. Since Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) stopped issuing paper I-94 cards and began digitizing the I-94 process, foreign nationals may look up their I-94 information on the CBP website. However, even if the foreign national was admitted properly by the inspecting officer and received a stamp in his or her passport, it is quite common to see errors on the online record. Ensuring that one is admitted properly is critically important to maintaining status. First, the penalty for violating status for 6 months is a 3-year bar to entering the U.S. This increases to […]