Darius Amiri, chairman of Rose Law Group’s immigration law department, breaks down Trump administration’s new ‘Good Moral Character’ requirement for citizen applicants

By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Chair of Immigration Dept. The new ‘Good Moral Character’ requirement will mark a shift in how immigration officers will evaluate applicants for U.S. citizenship. Instead of looking only at criminal records or legal compliance, officers are now required to take a totality-of-circumstances approach. That means both positive contributions and negative conduct will be weighed …

Florence council approves battery project

Via esVolta Development (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents esVolta Development.) By Justin Mathews | Pinal Post The Florence Town Council unanimously approved two key ordinances August 5th that will pave the way for the LightHorse Energy Storage project, a 400-megawatt battery energy storage system capable of powering approximately 200,000 homes during an eight-hour peak load period. Project Details and Location …

WATCH: When are undocumented immigrants ‘criminals?’ Darius Amiri, chairman of Rose Law Group’s immigration law department, provides insights in KOLD report

  By Brooke Wagner | KOLD In the last week, the Homeland Security Secretary announced the lowest number of Southwest Border encounters ever. That bears out in Arizona, too. Here in the 13 News newsroom, we get a lot of questions about the deportation of immigrants, who the Trump administration vowed to target first, versus those who are here without current …

Darius Amiri, chairman of Rose Law Group’s immigration law department, talks to AZFamily about U.S. halting new visa interviews for foreign students

By Arizona’s Family The U.S. State Department has halted scheduling new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand screening of activity on social media, officials said. A U.S. official said Tuesday that the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already scheduled their visa interviews. The official …

Darius Amiri, immigration department chairman at Rose Law Group, talks to AZFamily about reports of woman with legal status being held by ICE

By Alexis Dominguez | AZ Family Protestors rallied outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office in Phoenix on Thursday, focusing on legal residents and citizens getting swept up and detained. The case of a man from Maryland has sparked international controversy after he was deported to a prison in El Salvador, apparently due to a mistake. President Trump campaigned …

Rose Law Group Immigration Law Department Chairman Darius Amiri talks to AZFamily about Arizona police cooperating with ICE

By Sarah Robinson | AZ Family They have been alerting ICE agents when police suspect someone they have arrested is in this country illegally. But the issue, according to the report by TRAC immigration, is that immigration agents are not taking those suspects into custody or deporting them. “Detainers” are when a jail detains someone suspected of being here illegally and …

Darius Amiri, immigration department chairman at Rose Law Group, talks to Downtown Devil about the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and how it could affect Arizona

By Natalie Ogami | Downtown Devil The Trump administration announced re-enactment of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target the “invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua” on March 14. Despite being wartime legislation, neither the U.S. nor Venezuela have officially declared war on each other. Three planes carrying more than 200 migrants landed in El Salvador …

Trump to auction off citizenship via his ‘gold cards’; Darius Amiri, chairman of Rose Law Group’s immigration department, explains

By Kelly Rissman | Independent President Donald Trump announced a new path to U.S. citizenship: a pricey gold card. The U.S. is going to “sell” gold cards for $5 million, Trump announced in the Oval Office Tuesday. “We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that’s going to give you [permanent resident] Green Card privileges, plus it’s going to be …

Darius Amiri, immigration law department chairman at Rose Law Group, talks to AZFamily about military flying illegal immigrants out of Tucson

By David Baker | AZ Family TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — The White House said on Friday that deportation flights have begun, and some of those are happening in Tucson. Photos posted from the Department of Defense show U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents loading up a C-17 GlobeMaster III at Tucson International Airport on Thursday night. Dozens of people in the …