US Immigration News Archives - Immigration Expert Steve Maggi

“America Welcomes the World”—Except When It Doesn’t: How the World Cup Exposes U.S. Immigration Hypocrisy

SMA Law Firm2025-12-15T15:21:03-05:00

Haiti Qualifies for Their First World Cup in 51 Years—But Their Fans Are Banned From Attending

In June 2026, the United States will host the FIFA World Cup—the largest sporting event in history, featuring 78 matches across 11 American cities. President Trump himself declared at a White House ceremony that the tournament represents “welcoming the […]

“America Welcomes the World”—Except When It Doesn’t: How the World Cup Exposes U.S. Immigration HypocrisySMA Law Firm2025-12-15T15:21:03-05:00

Trapped Outside the US: When Social Media Becomes Your Immigration Record

SMA Law Firm2025-12-11T05:08:32-05:00

How One Client’s Three-Month Delay Reveals the Hidden Dangers of Digital Vetting

In an era where constitutional guarantees like birthright citizenship face unprecedented challenges, a quieter but equally disruptive reality is unfolding at U.S. ports of entry and consulates worldwide: your social media presence has become part of your immigration file—and it can derail your […]

Trapped Outside the US: When Social Media Becomes Your Immigration RecordSMA Law Firm2025-12-11T05:08:32-05:00

President Trump: “The Cleansing” and the chaos that might ensue

SMA Law Firm2025-05-30T12:37:27-04:00

As we have seen many times in history, often with horrific consequences, new leaders frequently try to purge their enemies when taking power. In the case of the potential second term of Donald Trump, his primary public target appears to be immigrants.

President Trump has often outlined his goal of “mass deportations.” There are numerous […]

President Trump: “The Cleansing” and the chaos that might ensueSMA Law Firm2025-05-30T12:37:27-04:00

From US citizens to Personas Non Grata to US citizens again

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:30:19-05:00

The Ortegas were all U.S. citizens, from the grandfather, Joaquin Sr., to his son, Joaquin Jr., and Jr.’s wife, Laura, and their three kids, including 17-year-old Joaquin III. What made this family unique was that they were all U.S. citizens, but they were all born in, and still living in, the Dominican Republic.

Joaquin Jr. […]

From US citizens to Personas Non Grata to US citizens againSMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:30:19-05:00

Tech layoffs mean massive foreign national casualties and abandoning the heart of Tech success

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:40:14-05:00

Google recently laid off 12,000 U.S.-based workers, following a trend of other prominent US Tech companies that recently had massive layoffs.

The engine that drives these companies are the engineers and tech workers, and many of them are foreign nationals who are sponsored by the Googles of the world. Google simply downsizes/adjusts/streamlines (use whatever term […]

Tech layoffs mean massive foreign national casualties and abandoning the heart of Tech successSMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:40:14-05:00

Yes, this is about Illegal Aliens and Dinosaurs

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:59:38-05:00

Two years after his inauguration, when he called for immigration reform and asked for $3.5 billion to strengthen the border, it took a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions to finally force President Biden to get on Air Force One and see the real-world effect of his administration’s failure to devise a coherent and actionable […]

Yes, this is about Illegal Aliens and DinosaursSMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:59:38-05:00

Making The Immigration Process Prohibitively Expensive – Is this the right way to curb immigration?

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:22:40-05:00

Have you ever heard of pork-barrel legislation? Do you know where the money that taxpayers pay goes? If you take the time to read through an entire bill that is signed into law that has anything to do with spending or budgets, you will be amazed to find line items that have absolutely nothing […]

Making The Immigration Process Prohibitively Expensive – Is this the right way to curb immigration?SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:22:40-05:00

Title 42, The Covid Excuse and The Equal Application of the Law to ALL

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:30:03-05:00

In April, I wrote a column about how the use of Title 42 not to follow due process and adequately process the removal of migrants who illegally entered the U.S. was outdated, given that the Covid epidemic had all but disappeared. On November 15, a federal judge agreed with me and struck it down.

Judge […]

Title 42, The Covid Excuse and The Equal Application of the Law to ALLSMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:30:03-05:00

The elephant in the room was ignored, or maybe it’s not an elephant at all?

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:39:17-05:00

In the buildup to the mid-term elections, there was a lot of talk about US immigration, how the system was broken, what would be done with the thousands of migrants coming across the border illegally, and what America wanted to do with them or not. For many past mid-term elections, this was a political […]

The elephant in the room was ignored, or maybe it’s not an elephant at all?SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:39:17-05:00

With COVID essentially behind us, what should the U.S.’s policy be towards migrants on the border?

SMA Law Firm2023-12-18T09:54:14-05:00

In the twenty years that I have been practicing immigration law, only one topic has remained hot; Illegal border crossings of immigrants, the lack of a coherent government policy to deal with it, and the debate over the effects that this has on the U.S. economy.

First of all, there is one thing that we […]

With COVID essentially behind us, what should the U.S.’s policy be towards migrants on the border?SMA Law Firm2023-12-18T09:54:14-05:00

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