President Obama announced that he was going to change his policy on deportations because Congress could not pass comprehensive immigration reform. The President recently used his executive authority to give legal status to “dreamers”, and to use prosecutorial discretion in the cases of undocumented parents of United States citizen children. The current state of enforcement...Read More
The Homeland Security Department’s latest crackdown on street gangs brought in more than 600 suspected gang members, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Thursday. Working alongside each other, ICE agents and local authorities in 179 cities arrested 638 suspected gang members over a monthlong procedure in March and April. ICE officials commented that 78...Read More
On May 2, 2014, Florida legislature voted and passed House Bill 851 (HB 851) with 26 votes in favor in the Senate and 84 votes in favor in the Florida House. This bill extends access for undocumented immigrants to attend college if they reside in the state of Florida and have graduated from a local...Read More
In April of this year, the Philadelphia state legislation turned their focus to a national movement, created to defend immigrants against deportation for negligible and nonviolent crimes. An administrative command was signed and enforced by Mayor Nutter, in order to terminate the city’s submission with federal agencies and agents who have requested that all arrested...Read More
The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that an undocumented immigrant and Florida State University law school graduate Jose Godinez-Samperio cannot be admitted to practice by the Florida Bar. This does not mean that this is the end for Godinez-Samperio. The Court urged the Florida Legislature to intervene and change the law quickly so a different...Read More
Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has recently announced that DHS will be extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals who were in the United States in January 2011. TPS status is typically granted to the designated nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Somalia and Haiti,...Read More
For years, the United States has required Chilean citizens to pay entry fees and obtain legal visas in order to enter the country. In return, Chile has required U.S. citizens to pay the same entry fee upon entering the country. On February 2014, the Department of Homeland Security announced that as of May 1, 2014,...Read More
Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, told a group during a meeting that she is an avid supporter of immigration reform. The comments came as an answer to a question posed by an undocumented alien who was brought to the United States by her parents. Clinton, who is still considering a run for President in...Read More
According to the Secretary of Homeland Security, if the Republican House does not advance towards a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) this year, the Obama administration will be forced to take action. After many previously unmet promises, in March 2014 Obama assured the U.S. Latino population that he would review the U.S. immigration and deportation policies....Read More
Finally, a group of Senators have formally introduced an outline of their version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. This has been met with both applause and opposition. We can only hope that the same actions in Congress that defeated the recent gun control legislation will not doom immigration reform. The gun control proposed law merely expanded...Read More
