A graduate student from the University of California at Davis who launched a national facebook campaign to avoid being deported to India with her mother won an 11th hour stay last week after immigration officials issued a memo allowing for greater discretion in DREAM Act-eligible cases. Mandeep Chahal and her mother, who are both undocumented,...Read More

Once again, the DREAM Act is up on the discussion board; yet this time its possibilities seem greater than ever. For the first time ever, a Senate hearing has been held to discuss the bill with Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill) as chairman of the subcommittee holding the meeting. In its current form, the DREAM Act...Read More

In what may seem as the most bizarre situation, a police officer from Boynton Beach who in 2010 was singled out as the “Officer of the Year” has been indicted for conspiring to possess and traffic 500 grams of methamphetamine. The indictment accuses David Britto, 28, of drug dealing from June 2009 until March 4,...Read More

Much to the dismay of immigrant activists, a bill has recently been introduced in the U.S. Congress that could enable immigration authorities to re-detain indefinitely Cubans with criminal records who cannot be deported back to their home country. During what was known as the Mariel boatlift, which occurred in 1980, many Cubans were detained indefinitely;...Read More

Due to the ever increasing degree of illegal activity, immigration and border security officials have teamed with lawmakers to unveil legislation aimed at prosecuting smugglers who traffic drugs and humans into the United States through underground tunnels. U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cali) announced her sponsorship of a measure claiming that it would give law enforcement...Read More

A bill that offers a comprehensive framework for a lasting immigration reform has been introduced by Senator Menendez (D-NJ), along with Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and John Kerry (D-MA). It is called the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) Act of 2011,” and unlike other...Read More

While contemplating a possible run for president by touring the country, Sarah Palin spent some time in New York and New Jersey signing autographs last week and expressed her thoughts on immigration. While on Ellis Island, which is best known as the port of entry through which twelve million immigrants entered the U.S. from 1892...Read More

Last week, John Morton, the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reminded its officials that they have a duty and obligation to use good judgment in the prosecution of immigration cases. Even though this memo does not change the law in any way, nor does it end the controversial Secure Communities program, it does...Read More

This legal issue is currently being debated by the State Supreme Courts in Connecticut and Massachusetts, with different rulings issued in both of these. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state was wrong to exclude legal immigrants from state-run programs that provide health benefits to those who have resided in the state for...Read More

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