What will happen to the Dreamers?

The DACA program has been much discussed in the news in recent months.  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced recently that the administration is rescinding the DACA program with a six-month delay.  It is believed that about 750,000 people could be affected by the decision.  With so...

What is the DACA Program?

The Obama administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012.  The program allows qualifying undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as minors to be protected against deportation, and have the ability to obtain a work permit. Participants could use this time to...

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA - PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA: En una decisión decepcionante, pero poco sorprendente, un panel dividido de la Corte del Quinto Circuito de Apelaciones rechazó la apelación de la medida cautelar que ha detenido temporalmente últimas iniciativas de acción diferida del presidente Obama de ser implementado por el gobierno federal. Esta decisión despeja...

 

The way U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law professionals phrase things is HUGELY important. “Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.” ― Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls

This past week, amidst the anti-immigrant fervor being drummed up by Presidential...

President Obama reiterated his commitment to immigration reform and reproached the House Republicans for their unwillingness to confront this important issue. Potentially, the combination of four factors ─ Pressure from the immigration advocates that the President has done little on the immigration issue; Speaker John Boehner's statement that the House would not vote on...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

The United States is establishing an in-country refugee/parole program in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to provide a safe, legal, and orderly alternative to the dangerous journey that some children are currently undertaking to the United States. This program will allow certain parents who are...

DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y DEPARTAMENTO DE SEGURIDAD DE ESTADO

Estados Unidos está estableciendo un programa de refugiados / admisión condicional en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras para proporcionar una alternativa segura, legal y ordenada para el peligroso viaje que algunos niños están llevando a cabo actualmente hacia los Estados Unidos. Este...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Ridgewood, New Jersey - January 9, 2014 - This week, as the Senate decides whether to extend unemployment benefits, some Senators are looking for "offsets." Unfortunately, a fallback for some members of Congress has become targeting programs for immigrants, without regard to the true fiscal or social impact.
One recurring target...

This is continuation of series of articles about the Immigration Reform Bill introduced in the Congress. In the first part we discussed about the provisions relating to legalization of individuals in unlawful status, who resided in the US prior to December 31, 2011.