Bramnick Rodriguez partner, Michael Noriega, spoke last night to a crowd of attorneys at the West Orange Wilshire Grand Hotel, during the NJ State Bar ICLE seminar “Legal Answers in Emergency Situations.” The conversation focused, in part, on the upcoming sea of changes to the criminal trial practice based upon the Bail Reform Law that will go into effect on…
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Federal officials recently began enforcing immigration laws by making a number of high-profile arrests, with media reports circulating that U.S. officials took more than 120 illegal immigrants into custody over a single weekend. The arrests and detentions became a priority for the federal government in recent months, especially as law enforcement and immigration officials came under heightened scrutiny for not…
Marrying a United States citizen does not guarantee a green card nor does it make qualifying for one automatic. Ever heard this myth? You’ve probably seen the story before in the movies and on TV: The hapless foreign hero falls for the lovely American heroine and only their wedding vows will save him from certain deportation. However, the Hollywood version…
New data from the United States census shows a tremendous surge in New Jersey’s Hispanic population in every single county. New population estimates showed that from 2010 to 2014, the Hispanic population has grown in the Garden State from 1.6 million to 1.7 million compared to the rest of the state’s population which has remained steady at 7.2 million. Although…
Those who are awaiting United States citizenship play a years-long waiting game. During this time, they’re expected to learn all they can, follow procedures and obey all laws. The reality is that even the smallest of miss-steps can have a serious effect on your pursuit of citizenship. Below are two issues things that can derail, or at least delay, the…