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E-2 Investor Visa The E-2 investor visa is a long-term, renewable work visa granted to business investors from countries that have signed a bilateral investment treaty with the United States. The duration of the visa is determined by the terms of the treaty between the U.S. and investor’s country of citizenship. The investor should form [..] The post Investor Visa appeared first on Richard R. Alamia Attorney At Law.

A person held in immigration detention during removal proceedings may be eligible for a bond. Recently, the ICE immigration agents have been setting bonds as part of the initial detention, but that was not the previous practice and still is not consistently done. Whatever bond is set by the immigration police agents, the immigration judge [..] The post Immigration Bonds appeared first on Richard R. Alamia Attorney At Law.

Last week, in a historic victory for nearly 46,000 federal drug offenders, the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) voted unanimously to apply recent amendments to the federal drug sentencing guidelines retroactively to all eligible offenders. Earlier this year, the Sentencing Commission, who creates federal criminal sentencing statutes, voted to alter the “drug quantity table” used for [..] The post Unanimously Votes for Drug Reduction Retroactivity appeared first on Richard R. Alamia Attorney At Law.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will increase DWI patrols for a 15-day period that includes both the Christmas and New Year holidays. From Dec. 19 – Jan. 2, DPS troopers will focus DWI patrols in high-risk locations at times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent. “DPS’ enhanced patrols are designed to help save [..] The post Texas DUI Holidays appeared first on Richard R. Alamia Attorney At Law.