It appears as though the much anticipated unilateral action by President Obama regarding immigration may be much wider than contemplated. Members of the administration have been meeting with business leaders and groups to get an idea of the changes needed for business and employment visas. Some of the suggestions are: exempt spouses and dependent green...Read More
There are an estimated 4,000 children who are undocumented in San Francisco and facing removal proceedings and ultimately, deportation. San Francisco will become the first city in California to develop and implement a program to provide legal representation to undocumented children. The non-profit, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights will be funded to provide pro bono...Read More
White House insiders are now saying that the President will most likely use his executive authority to affect immigration law sometime in September. The President has an array of options, each with its own set of benefits for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States and each with its own set of legal...Read More
President Obama has previously indicated that he will hold off in taking any further executive action in the immigration arena to give Congress a chance to vote on and pass new immigration laws designed to fix our broken immigration system. As the summer passes the half-way point, it becomes clearer that Congress does not wish...Read More
Attorney Courtney B. Noce spoke at the quarterly meeting for the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing & Supply Chain Council on July11th. Ms. Noce discussed immigration issues for manufacturing companies, including skills gap issues worsened by current visa availability. Ms. Noce focuses her practice on business, investment, and employment immigration. She heads the business...Read More
Once again, Arizona is on the losing end of an immigration controversy courtesy of a Federal Appeals Court. Arizona sought to deny state driver’s license to immigrants who were granted deferred action in President Obama’s executive action creating what is commonly known as the DREAM ACT. The regulation, officially called Deferred Action for Early Childhood...Read More
Since October 2013 approximately 47,000 children, mostly from Central American countries, have been detained during their attempt to cross the Rio Grande at the United States-Mexican Border in Texas. Today, it is estimated that the number of children illegally crossing Rio Grande into Texas and Arizona will increase to 60,000, nearly 10 times more children...Read More
On the heels of the accusations that President Obama is known as the Deportation President, comes a report that his administration has released into the United States an unknown number of families apprehended while travelling illegally from Central American countries. Apparently, the government knows how many people have been released into the United States but...Read More
As the debate rages on about comprehensive immigration reform, yet another major wrinkle has been added with the recent surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the Texas border. These children are sent to the United States by families desperate to save them from the rampant poverty and gang violence in their Central American countries. Young children...Read More
In May 2014, the White House postponed the Pentagon’s plan to allow young undocumented immigrants to enlist in the U.S. Military. Essentially, the Pentagon’s proposal would provide a pathway for young undocumented immigrants, sometimes referred to as the Dreamers, to receive citizenship if they are enlisted. The White House states that the delay was requested...Read More
