Currently when a person appears at a USCIS office for immigration business, they are required to pass through a metal detector and are subject to a search of their person or property. Additionally, they must produce valid picture identification. Starting in May, people will be required to submit their fingerprint when entering USCIS offices throughout...Read More
Recent resarch published on Tuesday indicates that comprehensive immigration reform could improve the United States economy. The reseach cites a higher birth rate, labor force participation, and the tendency of immigrants to start new businesses as key factors that could possibly raise the gross national product. Not to mention, immigration reform will most likely include...Read More
There are indications from unnamed sources that the idea of a national ID card is being scrapped because it would be too costly and difficult to manage. There have been several lawmakers in the past who have advocated for the national ID cards and much debate followed, including opposition from civil rights groups. Whjile there...Read More
Secretary Napolitano told reporters that President Obama is anxiously awaiting a proposal from the group of democratic and republican lawmakers who have been meeting to try to hammer out a bi-partisan agreement for comprehensive immigration reform. She made the point that tying border security to immigration reform is a stalling tactic without minimizing the importance...Read More
Eight senators have agreed on a preliminary plan to overhaul the immigration laws of the United States and have also agreed on a path to legalization for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living currently living here. The eight include four Republicans and four Democrats. They are Republicans John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio and...Read More
In removal proceedings, one of the avenues for relief from deportation is an application for political asylum. One of the criteria for qualifying for political asylum is that the applicant must file within one year of the last arrival into the United States. There are, however, exceptions to the one year filing rule. If the...Read More
The Immigration Court, also known as the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) added two additional immigration judges to handle removal and deportation proceedings. Both Judges were added to immigration courts in Texas. One Judge was added to the Pearsall Immigration Court and the other to the El Paso Service Processing Center Court. The Department...Read More
The House has passed the Senate’s version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This version of VAWA enhances federal programs to assist local communities with law enforcement and to aid victims of domestic and sexual abuse. In terms of immigration, the law contains improvements in the U and T visa categories. U visas are...Read More
Scores of immigrants at detention centers all over the country are being released in anticipation of the looming budget cuts. One such center is the Broward Transitional Center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. We’ve written many times about BTC and Immigration Judge Rex Ford who presides over almost every removal proceeding in the facility. CLICK...Read More
In a new case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court held that a retail theft conviction for which the defendant received a sentence of one year imprisonment is not an aggravated felony for immigration purposes. The retail theft charge was filed in Georgia but the Court noted that Georgia’s theft statute...Read More
