
America’s birthright citizenship has won the day
In voiding and declaring unconstitutional the Trump administration’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship to children of US citizens and legal…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

A Fil-Am lawyer admitted to the New York Bar and Maryland Bar with over 20 years’ experience handling a variety of US immigration cases, including employment-based and family-based sponsorships, student visas, consular processing cases, naturalizations, and domestic relations/uncontested divorce cases, among others.

In voiding and declaring unconstitutional the Trump administration’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship to children of US citizens and legal…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

The US Supreme Court, in a majority decision, ruled that US border officers are not required to possess clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

It turned out that she was partly correct on the first count but completely off the mark on the second.
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

In affirming the immigration court’s decision denying Mr. Blas’s adjustment of status application, the BIA clarified a number of conflicting rulings on the…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

Given this patent incongruity, it is possible the USDHS’ clarification is merely an attempt to pay lip service to the immigrant advocates’ pleas, unless it…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

The memo explains that adjusting one’s status in the US has long been considered a discretionary privilege by the courts, framing it as a form of extraordinary…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

By their own admission, most of these Filipinos arrived as tourists but with a prearranged plan to work as caregivers, with some proceeding directly from the…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

As this corner observed last year, considering the online surfing habits of young people nowadays, as well as the loosely regulated sexual content of…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

‘Unfortunately, under the current political environment, there is no more distinction between America as a country and the Trump White House. If you criticize…
Todith Garcia · · 2 min read

The USCIS chief warned: ‘In terms of the people that are perpetrating fraud, stop, because we are going to find you. And even if you’ve already (committed…
Todith Garcia · · 3 min read
