Oct 21, 2021
Canada lifted its ban on entry to fully vaccinated travelers on August 9, and late last week the Biden administration announced that the United States will follow suit starting November 8. Starting on...
Oct 8, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced proposed rule changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that we hope will take place. These changes seem necessa...
Sep 30, 2021
The United States has long had some kind of “public charge” measure factored into the immigration experience, but the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize it has prompted the Biden administrati...
Aug 30, 2021
We are heartbroken to see the devastation that Hurricane Ida brought to New Orleans, Southern Louisiana, and the Gulf South. Our staff is safe and we’re thankful for that, but because of the damage to...
Aug 19, 2021
We planned to introduce Lori Dowell on the website last year, but, you know, COVID. But better late than never. We’re glad to have Lori on board full-time at Gasparian Spivey Immigration as an&nb...
Jul 13, 2021
At the end of corridor in the Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans, Nail Salon, a show by artist Christian Dinh speaks simply but profoundly. A series of sculptures and ceramic pieces focus on the ...
Jun 21, 2021
As immigration lawyers, we spent much of the last four years disturbed by the lengths the Department of Justice (DOJ) would go to fundamentally change the government’s posture on immigration. The curr...
Jun 15, 2021
On Monday, the Biden Administration made another announcement that continued the process of slowly making American immigration law more humane. The U visa is for victims of crime, most commonly domest...
Jun 14, 2021
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that a foreign national had to receive a Notice to Appear (NTA) as a single, complete document—a decision that could impact a huge number of cases and be very...
May 27, 2021
A 2019 study on immigration and language access conducted by the Center for American Progress points to the deaths of two children in U.S. custody to illustrate the importance of language access. Whil...
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