Before the holidays, the President signed a spending bill for 2012 that includes the “Lautenberg Amendment” which is a provision that gives an extension for refugees seeking religious freedom. This provision was originally enacted as part of the 1990 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, and it established a presumption of eligibility for refugee status for certain...Read More

Mitt Romney, who is considered the favorite and frontrunner in the bid for the Republican presidential ticket, has made it clear that he is an opponent of the DREAM Act and said he would veto it if it came across his desk as president. The question was posed by a voter at a restaurant and...Read More

The Obama administration has proposed a new process allowing spouses and children of U.S. citizens to file for visas while remaining in the country-ending one of the most heartbreaking practices in history by preventing the separation of families. As you may know, under current immigration law, many undocumented immigrants that are eligible for visas must...Read More

Sad as it may be, it is a fact that when most people think of immigration in the United States, they likely call to mind fear-fueled myths perpetuated by immigration restrictionists, like “immigrants are stealing American jobs” or “immigrants are a drain on our system.” Yet when anti-immigrant enthusiasts come up with their emotionally charged...Read More

 After the Department of Justice accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio of engaging in “unconstitutional policing” by unfairly targeting Hispanics and Latinos for detention and arrest and retaliating against those who complain, it seems that the Arizona Sheriff and the U.S. Justice Department are ready to settle the allegations of discrimination, whether it will be in or...Read More

Mitt Romney rolled to victory in the Florida primaries earlier this week, coming ahead of Newt Gingrich and reclaiming his dominant position as the leading Republican presidential candidate. Florida Republicans went strongly for Mitt Romney voting 46% against 32% for Newt Gingrich. Unfortunately, this means that the Latinos who came out and voted for Romney...Read More

It generally used to be the case that when a noncitizen would leave the country, be it through deportation or voluntary departure, he could not reopen his immigration case from outside the United States. However, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has rejected the government’s attempt to...Read More