Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (Calif.-38) introduced President Biden’s plans for immigration reform. To be clear, this is a plan, nothing is law yet and we still need to wait before we can move forward with applications and relief, but now we know what this Administration’s goals are. Here are some […]
U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 Introduced Read More »
Congratulations to President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris! I feel like a kid on her birthday before a stack of unopened presents…what will I get? Will I get the ONE thing I REALLY want? Will I get everything I want? Will I get amazing things I hadn’t even realized I wanted?
What’s on the Agenda for Day One for Joe Biden? Read More »
Another week, another barrage of assaults on our immigration system. You don’t have to be an immigrant, an immigration attorney or a friend/loved one of an immigrant to be upset by these proposed changes. Included (and detailed below) are: Increased and expanded biometrics collection – “DHS now proposes to expand biometric collection to include anyone
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Late last week, the White House issued its “Framework for Immigration Reform and Border Security.” Let’s be clear, it’s only a framework, a wish-list, so to speak. It’s not law and nothing has changed since this document was released. The framework is meant to tell Congress what President Trump wants to see in future immigration
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017, will go down as a dark day for our country. It is the day that religious minorities were singled out, that we turned our backs on people who need us the most, that you are guilty until proven innocent, and when the show became more important than substance. There will be
January 25, 2017: Anti-Immigrant Day January Read More »
We knew that the fee increase was coming – they told us about it in May – but we didn’t know when. And now we know. On October 24th, the Federal Register (think of it as the government’s news agency), explained that the current fees collected do not cover the costs of the services that USCIS currently
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Last Thursday, the U.S Supreme Court issued a 4-4 split non-decision in United States v. Texas. This was the case that questioned whether or not the President had the authority to issue the programs we came to know as DAPA and Expanded DACA. There’s a lot of information out there about what this means, so I’d
A Supreme Disappointment: The Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on DAPA and Expanded DACA Read More »
On Monday, November 9th, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals finally issued a ruling on President Obama’s Deferred Action plans – the Expanded DACA and DAPA that he announced back on November 20, 2014. Expanded DACA and DAPA remain blocked. The court said that the President lacked the authority to issue these two programs. The decision is not a surprise. In
Decision – Breaking News on DACA/DAPA Read More »
It’s been several months since we’ve heard anything about immigration reform. Deferred Action for Parents (DAPA) and Expanded DACA remain stuck in Federal Court, and we may not have a decision on those programs until President Obama is out of office. Comprehensive Immigration Reform that would require Congress to act together seems laughable right now. But, just because these big
No Reform Means No Change to Immigration, Right? Wrong! Read More »
One of the lines that President Obama used in his November 20th speech is that the country should be focused on “deporting felons, not families.” To help meet this goal, he directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to focus their enforcement efforts – detention and deportation – on three types of immigrants. Although this
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