ChenGray Lawfirm

ChenGray Lawfirm

Shereen Chen Gray Named to 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers List

Shereen Chen Gray, Partner and Founder of Chen Gray Law LLC, has been selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers list in the area of Immigration Law. No more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers.

To view this year’s Super Lawyers Magazine visit: https://digital.superlawyers.com/superlawyers/njslrs21/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=Cover#pg1

Chen Gray concentrates her practice exclusively in the area of immigration and nationality law. Her clients include professional athletes, opera stars, religious leaders, high net worth investors, health care employees, corporations, golf courses and resorts along with nonprofit organizations, including temples and shrines across the U.S.

Chen Gray focuses on corporate immigration matters, including employer corporate and I-9 compliance. She often works with corporations in the midst of a merger or acquisition, advising on the immigration concerns in corporate restructuring and development of immigration procedures. She advises human resource management on compliance and conducts audits for companies to ensure immigration compliance. She also handles individual cases including family-based petitions and naturalization.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. For more information about the selection methodology of Super Lawyers, go to https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

Burlington County Bar Extravaganza

Shereen served as a moderator for the Immigration CLE entitled “Immigration Sponsorship Options for Foreign Workers: Are you Extraordinary? Skilled?” at the Burlington County Bar Associations CLE Extravaganza held on December 10, 2019 in Mt. Laurel, NJ.

2018 Law Day At Rowan University

On May 1, 2018 – Shereen was a panel speaker at the 2018 Law Day on the campus of Rowan College at Burlington County. This year’s theme “Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom” provided Shereen the opportunity to discuss the current topics of the immigration practice.

Mid-Atlantic Physician Recruiter Alliance, Inc.

We are pleased to share that Shereen Chen Gray will be a guest speaker at the 10th Annual MAPRA Educational Conference being held in Philadelphia, PA, on October 5 & 6, 2017. Shereen will be presenting an overview/background on Immigration.

For More Information or to Register to attend the 10th Annual Conference CLICK HERE.

RESCISSION OF DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (“DACA”)

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly
wind down of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
“This Administration’s decision to terminate DACA was not taken lightly. The Department of
Justice has carefully evaluated the program’s Constitutionality and determined it conflicts with
our existing immigration laws,” said Acting Secretary Elaine Duke. “As a result of recent
litigation, we were faced with two options: wind the program down in an orderly fashion that
protects beneficiaries in the near-term while working with Congress to pass legislation; or allow
the judiciary to potentially shut the program down completely and immediately. We chose the
least disruptive option.
“With the measures the Department is putting in place today, no current beneficiaries will be
impacted before March 5, 2018, nearly six months from now, so Congress can have time to
deliver on appropriate legislative solutions. However, I want to be clear that no new initial
requests or associated applications filed after today will be acted on.”
On June 29, the attorneys general of Texas and several other states sent a letter to U.S. Attorney
General Jeff Sessions asserting that the DACA program is unlawful for the same reasons stated
in the Fifth Circuit and district court opinions regarding an expansion of the DACA program and
the now-rescinded program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful
Permanent Residents (DAPA). The letter noted that if DHS did not rescind the June 2012 DACA
memo by September 5, 2017, the states would seek to amend the DAPA lawsuit to include a
challenge to DACA.
Yesterday, Attorney General Sessions sent a letter to Acting Secretary Duke articulating his legal
determination that DACA “was effectuated by the previous administration through executive
action, without proper statutory authority and with no established end-date, after Congress’
repeated rejection of proposed legislation that would have accomplished a similar result. Such an
open-ended circumvention of immigration laws was an unconstitutional exercise of authority by
the Executive Branch.” The letter further stated that because DACA “has the same legal and
constitutional defects that the courts recognized as to DAPA, it is likely that potentially
imminent litigation would yield similar results with respect to DACA.” Nevertheless, in light of
the administrative complexities associated with ending the program, he recommended that the
Department wind down the program in an efficient and orderly fashion, and his office has
reviewed the terms on which the Department will do so.
Based on guidance from Attorney General Sessions, and the likely result of potentially imminent
litigation, Acting Secretary Elaine Duke today issued a memo formally rescinding the June 15,
2012 memorandum that created DACA, and initiating an orderly wind down of the program.
This process will limit disruption to current DACA beneficiaries while providing time for
Congress to seek a legislative solution. The details are contained in Acting Secretary Duke’s
September 5 memorandum, and in our Frequently Asked Questions.