President Obama announced earlier today that he promised to end the way the United States currently deals with the country of Cuba, calling it “outdated.” In this news breaking declaration, he stated that he hopes to mend relations with the country, which have been halted for five decades now. Currently, trade and travel to Cuba...Read More
granted lawful status. It also includes the expansion of certain visas to individuals in specialized high tech areas who wish to immigrate to the United States. Millions of people would be effected from this relief from deportation or removal. Instead of an “amnesty”, the President issued an executive directive to the Department of Homeland Security,...Read More
The Department of Homeland Security announced today that it will be closing an immigration facility in Artesia, New Mexico. This particular facility is a center that specializes in detention of women and children of undocumented individuals and families. The announcement should be perceived as a positive step on the immigration front for supporters of the...Read More
Eighth-grade students at the Donna Klein School in Boca Raton experienced a unique learning opportunity when Mrs. Frieda Goldstein, mother of eighth-grader Jacob Goldstein and a Miami immigration attorney, met with the class as enrichment to their study of their Humanities Immigration Unit. Mrs. Goldstein addressed such topics as the early waves of immigration to...Read More
The President continued to proceed with his plan to make some changes in regards to undocumented individuals present in the country. President Obama criticized Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner for refusing to take up a bipartisan immigration reform bill that was presented by the United States Senate. The President stated that he...Read More
The hot topic up for debate currently is whether President Obama has the legal authority to take action on the Immigration Reform on his own. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in 2012 that the president of the United States has the authority to exercise prosecutorial discretion in the area of immigration. Despite...Read More
The Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review is the agency that employs the nation’s Immigration Judges and the Los Angeles Immigration Court is one of the largest in the country. A new initiative has been put into place in the Immigration Courtroom that intends to speed up the time for these newly arrived,...Read More
The application for United States citizenship or N-400 is a document designed to ask many questions that relate to national security and the applicant’s past associations and activities. It was created that way with the intention of allowing the Department of Homeland Security to determine if an applicant is eligible for United States Citizenship. Rasmieh...Read More
The Republic of Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, with four-fifths of its population in abject poverty and three-fifths of the population unemployed or under-employed. Early next year, many Haitian citizens will finally enjoy a benefit bestowed to many individuals, slated to leave the country to join their family in the United...Read More
The first wave of immigration into the United States occurred as far back as the 1880s to the 1920s. This wave of immigrants was by fueled turmoil, poverty and war in Europe and aided by the creation of Ellis Island in New York’s Liberty Harbor. The second wave, which began in the 1970s are mostly...Read More
