By Sheridan Green 6/30/2026 The Supreme Court this morning issued a long-awaited opinion in Trump v. Barbara with the majority holding that "Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause." Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Justices Sotomayor, Kagen, Barret, and Jackson. Kavanaugh

Sheridan Green 6/26/2026 On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Blanche v. Muk Choi Lau. This has caused a great deal of concern and many questions have flooded our office. How these laws work Here is what’s going on. Since the last major changes to U.S. immigration law in 1996, we now have “deportability” grounds and we have “inadmissibility” grounds. And which section applies to you can make a big difference. The idea of deportability grounds is that you have already be

Sheridan Green 6/25/2026 People are always asking us “What is mandamus?” This post will explore the topic. What is a mandamus? “Mandamus” is a writ or an action you can ask a court to take involving ordering another court or an agency to do something. “Mandamus” is from a Latin word which means “we command.” There are two different general statutes that give jurisdiction to a federal district court for mandamus and at least one special one for a specific kind of case. The f

Sheridan Green 7/25/2026 Update: The First Circuit Court of Appeals in State of California v. Mullin yesterday denied the Trump administration's motion to stay the underlying ruling finding the $100,000 H1B fee illegal. While this is merely the denial of a request for stay, it is a significant predicter of the court's ultimate decision on the merits because a stay of this kind requires the government to show it is "likely to succeed on the merits." Thus, the court, although i

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Sheridan Green 6/1/2026 I previously wrote that USCIS's new disruptive memo on adjustment of status would probably come to nothing. On Friday, the New York Times reported that an anonymous DHS official had told it, regarding the memo, "This was just a reminder to officers of their discretionary authority, which has always existed on a case-by-case basis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/green-cards-dhs.html However, the Times article itself is confusing. First,

Sheridan Green 6/1/2026 These days I would venture to say that most clients are using gen AI to help them write initial research reports and letter drafts. The upside is it takes a writing process that is hard for a lot of people and makes it easier. We definitely don’t want you getting stuck at that stage. On the other hand, there are a lot of downsides. What follows is the distillation of several years of experience, doing EB1As and NIWs every day. 1. A human reader can