BLOG August 7, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW The TN Visa: A Faster Route to U.S. Work Authorization for Mexican and Canadian Professionals USMCA offers a quota-free path to U.S. employment — but only for specific professions, and only under stricter scrutiny than before. Since June 2025, USCIS has formalized its TN adjudication standards in the […]
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BLOG August 3, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Family Petition Denial Follows a Pattern, Not Bad Luck Five recurring reasons an I-130 family petition gets denied — and how each one is fixed. USCIS denies I-130 family petitions for a narrow, recurring set of reasons, and each one is preventable with the right evidence before filing.
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BLOG August 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Child Was Born Abroad. A Passport Isn’t What Proves They’re a Citizen. The N-600 Certificate of Citizenship is the document that proves a child born abroad is a U.S. citizen — and U.S. law reaches that status through two distinct legal paths. A passport expires. A Consular
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BLOG July 31, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW ICE Arrests at Immigration Court Hearings Just Got Far More Restricted A federal ruling limits when ICE can arrest someone at an immigration court hearing, and how long ICE detention can last afterward. For most of 2025, ICE could arrest almost anyone leaving an immigration court hearing on
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BLOG July 30, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Traveling Out of the Country Mid-Case Is Not a Simple Yes-or-No Advance Parole lets some pending asylum and green card applicants travel — but it does not guarantee re-entry, and the trip itself can carry real legal risk. In 2026, tighter port-of-entry scrutiny, a new $1,000 parole fee
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BLOG July 29, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW An Immigration Bond Buys Time — It Doesn’t End the Case An immigration bond is a financial guarantee that can secure release from ICE custody while a removal case moves forward. A federal circuit split over ICE’s expanded no-bond detention policy is now before the Supreme Court, and
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BLOG July 28, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW The U Visa Backlog Hasn’t Moved. The Rules Around the Wait Have. Current backlog figures, the Bona Fide Determination timeline, and two new BIA rulings that change what victims in removal proceedings can rely on while they wait. The U visa waitlist remains one of the longest in
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BLOG July 27, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW ICE Administrative Warrant vs. Judicial Warrant: Only One Lets Agents Force Their Way Inside. Whether an ICE administrative warrant or a judicial warrant is at your door decides whether agents can lawfully force their way in. A 2025 ICE memo claims an administrative warrant is now enough to
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BLOG July 24, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Alien Registration Is Mandatory Again Under a 1940s Law Here’s who has to file Form G-325R, who’s already covered, and what it costs to ignore it. Since April 2025, DHS has required most unregistered noncitizens age 14 and older to register with USCIS or face criminal misdemeanor exposure.
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BLOG July 23, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW What Happens If I Get Denaturalized? Your Family’s Citizenship Isn’t Automatically at Risk In most fraud-based cases, yes for children — but a spouse’s own naturalization is rarely affected. Civil denaturalization filings jumped from historical levels of well under one per month to dozens filed in May and
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