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March 31, 2009

USCIS Lawrence, MA Immigration Office will open on June 1, 2009

Immigration lawyers in Boston, get ready:  the new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Massachusetts immigration office will officially open its doors on June 1, 2009.  USCIS Lawrence immigration office plans to take on up to 30% of immigration cases for Massachusetts residents currently handled in Boston in the JFK Federal Building.

I'll be posting more information about the new USCIS Lawrence, Massachusetts immigration office as soon as it becomes available.

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Posted In: Immigration Court Boston , Immigration News Boston

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March 26, 2009

Boston Immigration Court News: our new Immigration Judge--Brenda O'Malley

This evening I attended a meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  Robert Halpin, the Court's Administrator, announced that Boston's new Immigration Judge, Brenda O'Malley, will be taking the bench and hearing deportation cases starting May 18, 2009 after training in Immigration Court in Boston, MA and Hartford, CT.  Judge O'Malley has built a distinguished career having served previously with, among other places, the Office of Immigration Litigation, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Office of Chief Immigration Judge.  Apparently, she even worked at one point as a law clerk with Boston's Immigration Court!

Boston immigration lawyers with backlogged deportation cases are thrilled that we will soon have a new, 7th Immigration Judge to relieve the Immigration Court's busy docket.

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Posted In: Deportation , Immigration Court Boston , Immigration News Boston

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February 14, 2009

Boston Immigration Court - Outlook for 2009

As a deportation attorney in Boston, I frequently appear in Immigration Court  Currently, I serve as a liaison to the Boston's Immigration Court, Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), on behalf of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Looking into my crystal ball, here are some positive changes that I personally predict are coming to Boston's Immigration Court in 2009:

Boston gets a new Immigration Judge:  It is anticipated that in 2009 Boston will have a new immigration judge.  I will post more news on our new IJ as soon as her appointment is made official.

Boston will get a new Immigration Court rooms:  The space on the 3rd floor of the JFK Federal building, formerly occupied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is being renovated as an additional Immigration Court room.  An extra court room and a seventh Immigration Judge should help ease the Immigration Court's crushing docket of immigration cases.

Immigration Court in Boston goes high-tech:  Boston deportation hearings in Immigration Court will be digitally recorded starting in 2009.  This shift to digital recordings should make it easier for me as deportation defense attorney to obtain and review Immigration Court hearings.

As immigration agencies such as USCIS and ICE consider moves out of Boston, it's nice to see expansion plans for EOIR within the existing office at the JFK Federal Building.  And these significant improvement should improve the functioning of the Immigration Court in Boston. 

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Posted by Joshua L. Goldstein, Immigration Lawyer Boston | | Email This Post

Posted In: Deportation , Immigration Court Boston , Immigration News Boston , Removal

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