President Barack Obama has time and again showed support for the sparsely populated communities of undocumented people living in this country. Yet while immigration policy reform was one of the promises he made during the presidential campaign trail, little has come of it thus far in his term as chief executive of the United States....Read More

Last week we learned of the President’s idea of comprehensive immigration reform through his draft outline that highlighted, among other things, the need to promote accountability for employers who deliberately hire and exploit undocumented workers. The Administration’s recommendations for achieving this goal include a better employment verification system, more comprehensive protections for workers, and a...Read More

According to reports, the nation’s immigration courts are backlogged as never before. At the end of last year, more than 260,000 cases remained pending before immigration judges, with the average wait being nearly sixteen months. While it is no secret that justice is not always swift, our immigration courts are increasingly lagging further behind, causing...Read More

A number of medical doctors who expected a warm welcome in the U.S. after defecting from Cuba are now having difficulties getting their immigration visas from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The medical doctors were encouraged to defect to the United States because of a program created by President George W. Bush in...Read More

General Eugenio Vides Casanova was a top military officer from El Salvador during the civil war that took place three decades ago, and- in spite of notorious human rights violations by his forces- he was valued by the United States as an ally for his battle against Marxist guerrillas at a time when there was...Read More

With hundreds of thousands of people- immigrant or not- lining up in protest in Tallahassee during the last moments of deliberation, this imposing sight proved to be a game changer for Florida lawmakers as they were forced to acknowledge the people’s wishes and back down from their intent of transforming Florida into a full-fledged immigration...Read More

As we had previously reported, a group of twenty-two U.S. Senators had written to President Obama asking that he forbid certain youth from being deported in an attempt to fulfill a part of what the highly contested immigration bill known as the DREAM Act would have achieved. Now, though, it appears that the demands for...Read More

Last Tuesday, President Obama hosted a White House meeting with seventy national leaders to discuss the challenge of fixing our broken immigration system. Some of the invitees included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Sharpton, Evangelical leader Leith Anderson and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. While some advocates applauded the President’s renewed...Read More

Finally, the verdict is in. The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the State of Arizona and blocked the most contentious parts of their immigration enforcement law from going into effect. This ruling asserts the federal government’s authority over immigration and has determined that it is unconstitutional for states to take...Read More

The H-1B visa program has been among the most debated immigration issues, especially as the high technology industry pressures immigration officials for a higher number to be made available while those who oppose such an increase call for tighter controls on their distribution. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives had a sub-committee hearing in...Read More