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Behind Every Great Global Brand Launch in America Is a Great Immigration Attorney

By |E-2 Visa Attorney, EB-1 Visa, EB-5 Visa, H-1B Visa Attorney, H1B Visa, O-1 Visa Attorney|

Joe and The Juice. citizenM. Lululemon. WeTransfer. Steve Maggi Helped Bring Them All to the U.S. When a multinational company decides to expand into the United States, the business plan gets all the attention. The real estate team scouts locations. [...]

Parole in Place Is Dead: What Immigrant Families Need to Know in 2026

By |SMA Immigration Law Firm, SMA Immigration Law Firm, SMA Immigration Lawyers|

The Pathway That Used to Exist No Longer Does—Here's What You Can Still Do For years, "Keeping Families Together" gave hope to mixed-status families: a pathway for undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for parole in place [...]

What the New USCIS Green Card Policy Memo Means for You — and What It Doesn’t

By |SMA Immigration Lawyers, Trump Immigration, US Immigration News|

A Plain-Language Guide for Family and Employment-Based Applicants If you have seen headlines in the past week about the government "ending green cards inside the United States" or requiring everyone to leave the country to apply for permanent residence, take [...]

The EB-1A extraordinary ability visa is under attack and the battle is now in the courts. How will this affect future petitions?

By |E-2 Visa Attorney, EB-5 Visa, H-1B Visa Attorney|

In Mukherji v. Miller, a federal judge in Nebraska ruled that USCIS has been applying an unlawful standard to EB-1A petitions since 2010. The facts: A journalist met 5 of the 10 regulatory criteria. She only needed 3. USCIS denied [...]

When ICE Enforcement Becomes Lawless: My Argentine Client’s Detention Proves America Has Lost Its Way

By |Steven Maggi, Trump Immigration|

Two U.S. Citizens Dead. Legal Immigrants Jailed. This Is Not Immigration Enforcement—This Is Chaos. The killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has finally shaken the foundations of our country, bringing to light how [...]

75 Countries, Millions of Families: The Visa Freeze That Punishes the Innocent for the Actions of the Few

By |Trump Immigration, US Immigration News|

Trump Administration Halts Immigrant Visa Processing Based on Fraud by Less Than 100 People Today, the State Department announced an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing for 75 countries worldwide, effective January 21, 2026. The justification? Fraud cases in Minnesota [...]

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