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If you are a working nonimmigrant based in New Jersey, your stay might be conditional. In that situation, if you’re terminated from your job, you’ll have to find options to remain in the country. These are a few things you can do. Understanding the 60-day grace period...
While every immigration journey bringing new residents to New Jersey is different, there is usually a lot of stress involved. Some people may have trauma from events that led them to decide to leave their home country. Then there is the immigration journey and then...
In New Jersey, and across the United States, people charged with drug possession may benefit from understanding the charges against them. One common defense involves proving that police illegally searched the defendant's car, home, or property. These searches are...
Eyewitness testimony makes compelling television drama. Police procedural shows certainly have led people to believe that eyewitness accounts are a flawless way to find the right person. But if you are a suspect, eyewitnesses can be an unreliable way to falsely accuse...
Part of everyday life in New Jersey involves hearing about the continual issue of immigration crimes. It's hard not to tune it out after a while when it's such a strongly established norm. And if it's not something impacting you or your family directly, it becomes all...
If you watch television news, there's a good chance you have heard the phrase "assault and battery." When a New Jersey resident is being charged with such a crime, the nature of the act may not be readily apparent. Furthermore, those two terms have been used...
The removal system in the United States refers to actions by an immigration judge that may result in an immigrant being forced to leave the U.S. The term "removal proceedings" replaced the term "deportation." These proceedings may strongly affect the more than two...
A U visa is given to people who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who have been the victims of certain crimes. If you were physically, emotionally or economically harmed by a crime in New Jersey, you might be able to change your immigration status....
New Jersey asylum seekers deemed for expedited deportations got a reprieve of sorts from the Biden Administration. Those with a credible fear of emotional or bodily harm if returned to their native countries can now bypass the immigration courts in the early stage of...
The field of forensics in New Jersey and around the country has undergone a substantial change in recent decades. A number of previously established practices have been challenged and studied with fresh insight. Many of these practices had led to wrongful convictions...