8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. “I didn’t shoot the Sheriff, but I cannot be released from custody” This panel will address detention issues in removal proceedings.
Bond issues after Matter of M-S- and Nielsen v. Preap.
When should you file a request for your client to be released on parole.
When/how to file a habeas—practical issues
Pre-final order of removal
Post final order
Speakers:
Michelle Edstrom
Kelli Stump
Belinda Arroyo
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. “This is My Message to you: Don’t Worry About Denying Every-Thing.” This panel will address representing clients in immigration court in the Trump era.
When and how to contest a notice to appear
Pereira issues
Discovery issues in removal proceedings
How to preserve your difficult removal proceeding for federal court review
Are the never-ending changes in immigration
Speakers:
David Armendariz
Hussein Saddrudin
Amanda Waterhouse
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Everything Little Thing is Definitely Not Alright in Asylum Proceedings This panel will cover all the most recent developments in asylum law.
How to construct PSGs in light of recent changes;
How to Handle the Migration Protection Protocols;
Options for UACs in Removal Proceedings, Special Immigrant Juvenile status and/or asylum, including the new issues affecting SIJ Petitions(RFE/NOIDS)
Speakers:
Katie Goldfinch
Justin Tullius
John Moore
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Special address from Jamaican immigration agency
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch / Chapter meeting
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. “Could you be loved, then be loved.” This panel will address issues pertaining to marriage-based visa petitions and complicated issues on 751 petitions.
*Dealing with 751 delays
*Filing for naturalization during 751 delays
*Difficult marriage issues in removal proceedings
Speakers:
Irene Mugambi
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. “I don’t want to wait in vain for your love . . . er, decision” This panel will discuss USCIS’s delays, insane requests for evidence, and notices of intent to deny.
Best practices for dealing with the agency;
When to file a lawsuit;
Speakers:
Jackie Watson
Maggie Murphy
Neena Dutta
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. “This is not love, not love, not love that I’m feeling” This panel will discuss recurring issues at consular posts, including:
* Changes in the public charge ground
* How to handle the requirement to disclose social media handles
* What if your client has nasty tattoos?
* What to do about your provisional case now that administrative closure is not available?
Speakers:
Marisol Perez
Michelle Edstrom
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. If Bob Marley was a lawful permanent resident, could he naturalize
This panel will discuss issues including:
How to handle the pot-user from Colorado who wants to naturalize?
Dealing with delays.
Tax issues affecting naturalization.
Other
Speakers:
Olsa Cano
Magali Candler
Saturday, November 9, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. - “Let’s get ethical and feel alright.” This panel will handle ethics in Immigration Law, including:
*what do to if your client lies to you;
*when you are required to file a grievance;
*Managing your office in an ethical way
Speakers:
Debra Rodriguez
Lance Curtright
9:30 a.m. – 10: 30 a.m. No H1B, no cry? This panel will address employment based issues including:
*Alternates for employment authorization when your client doesn’t make theH-1B lottery;
*Worksite enforcement
*NTAs issued to your EB clients?
*CBP errs in admitting clients because they do not understand automatic re-validation
*FLAG system for prevailing wage determinations;
Speakers:
Kevin Lashus
Faye Kolly
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 PERM and AOS/EB-2 v EB-3 strategies
Speakers:
Sujata Ajmera
Angelica Grado-Wright
Gayle Oshrin
11:45-12:45 I-9, E-Verify, SSA No-Match, and Worksite