Fall Conference Materials 2019

Friday, November 8, 2019

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by Chapter Chair Lance Curtright

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
  • Kelli Stump

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

• Speakers:
  • Kevin Lashus
  • Amy Peck
  • Kari Konikowski Blackman

Adjourn