In a poll sponsored by the influential German Marshall Fund of the United States, along with three other foundations, it was found that there is a strong partisan divide over how law enforcement should handle immigration. Democrats and Republicans disagree over whether federal authorities or local officials should be the ones to take the lead...Read More
In a landmark decision, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has rebuked the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for preventing non-citizens from reopening their cases from outside the United Sates. By calling on the BIA to abandon its misguided regulation of barring foreign citizens from submitting motions for their case, it is certainly an...Read More
Although the deportation of illegal immigrants have reached new heights in these past two years under President Obama, there is a heavy push coming from the Republican Party to press for more aggressive enforcement without any path to legal status. GOP lawmakers have called on the Obama administration to return to the era of workplace...Read More
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided an important case for thousands of non-citizens who have been convicted of crimes and were previously denied the opportunity to apply for waivers in the Miami immigration court and elsewhere within the eleventh circuit. The case, Lanier v. U.S. Attorney General,involved a lawful permanent resident who was adjusted...Read More
In a meeting with immigrant advocates held last week, the Florida Republican Representative William Snyder said he had changed a highly controversial section of his Arizona-style immigration bill that skeptics said would have led to “blatant racial profiling.” The part in question exempted Canadians and people from “visa waiver countries” from providing proof of their...Read More
A highly controversial man by the name of Luis Posada Carriles who is not only a CIA-trained exile, but who has also has been linked to half a dozen violent plots against Cuba during the late 1990s, along with a charge for plotting to assassinate its President Fidel Castro, has filed an application to become...Read More
South Florida has become a U.S. hub for human and sex trafficking, reports The Miami Herald, further stating that officials are calling it a type of “organized crime where humans are used as products.” Authorities have chosen to highlight this escalating problem now since January is the month dedicated to Human Trafficking Awareness. The Assistant...Read More
The threat imposed by the newly proposed bill by Rep. William Snyder (R-Stuart) that would ban undocumented immigrants from soliciting work is reason enough for many laborers to look towards the near future with fear and concern. According to the bill, “It would be illegal for a person who is not an authorized foreigner and...Read More
Our firm represents a person from Argentina who, on his own, volunteered to assist law enforcement in New York resulting in many arrests of perpetrators of serious offenses. Now, the very agency that benefited from our client’s assistance has issued an order of removal and scheduled him for deportation back to Argentina. Click here to...Read More
Opposition from Republicans seems to be growing for the immigration enforcement bill proposed in Florida, with one state senator saying it was created for “racist reasons.” According to Think Progress, there is an absence of widespread Republican support for Arizona SB 1070-type bills. Even former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has expressed concern in the...Read More
