Immigration Law, COVID-19 and the New Administration (1/21/2021)

DEVELOPING POLICY AS TRANSITION APPROACHES

- What seems to be the Biden administrations focus now?

- What is likely to move forward first

- Congressional v. executive order

SPEAKERS:

Fred Tsao, Senior Policy Counsel, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Marketa Lindt, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP and AILA National President, 2019-2020

PREPARING EMPLOYMENT-BASED APPLICATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR

- Preparing for a new H1B season in time of transitions and in the time COVID

- Entrepreneurial visas

- Ls

SPEAKERS:

Robert Krug, Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.  Emily Summers, Associate, Kempster, Corcoran, Quiceno & Lenz-Calvo

REPRESENTING YOUR CLIENTS DURING COVID

- Strategies for representing your client telephonically both at EOIR and USCIS 

- Strategies for handling your removal case with a constantly changing court calendar

- Advocating for your client in time of administration transition

- How to assess a new case during this time of transition

- Meeting with clients, properly communicating with clients in the time of COVID

SPEAKERS:

Rocio Becerril, Law Office of RSB  Margaret O’Donoghue, Supervisory Attorney, Law Office of Robert Ahlgren & Associates 

MODERATORS: 

Kendra Scheuerlein, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & DYM, Ltd.; Chair, CBA Immigration & Nationality Law Committee 

Tristan Gunn, Tapia-Ruano & Gunn PC; Vice-Chair, CBA Immigration & Nationality Law Committee

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