2023. 08.07 - President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border can remain in effect for now, a U.S. appeals court said on Thursday. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold a district judge's July 25 ruling that found the regulation violated U.S. law by cutting off asylum for some migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

The rule, known as Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, which became effective May 11, 2023, stats that the U.S. government "generally presumes certain individuals who irregularly enter the United States through its southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders are ineligible for asylum, unless they can demonstrate an exception to the rule or rebut the presumption. Unaccompanied children are exempted from this presumption. Individuals are encouraged to use lawful, safe, and orderly pathways to come to the United States." USCIS. 

 What does this mean for your family members?

 If you know someone who is seeking or planning on seeking Asylum at the US-Mexico border, you need to know that it is of utmost importance that they submit their information via the USCIS website in order to wait their turn for an interview before entering the United States. Failure to do this may result in forfeiting their opportunity to seek asylum in the United States. There are ways to circumvent these strict regulations, but we always recommend speaking to an attorney as every asylum case is unique. 

On July 31st 2023, Attorney Andrea Soto was inducted as President-Elect of the Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association, one of the emerging and vastly growing bar associations in the state. Attorney Dora LaSalle was inducted as President, Attorney Jonathan Alvarez as Vice President, and Attorney Livia Rodriguez Brundage as Treasurer.

We were honored to have presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the second Department, Justice Hector LaSalle, and the administrative judge for the 9th Judicial District of New York, The Honorable Anne E Minihan. 

Justice Walter Rivera, of the Court of Claims of New York let the ceremony of induction, and we received a new Board of Governors, including Justice Maria Vasquez-Doles, Attorney Alexandra Bisesi, Attorney Michele Indzonka, Attorney Alejandra Gil, and Attorney Eric Santos.

We were also joined by various attorneys from all over the Hudson Valley. We look forward to a strong term with our new executive committee.