This coming week, the Committee of Eight will again meet to continue deliberations on comprehensive immigration reform. The Committee has held together the proposed bill in the face of attempts to severly cripple the bill or kill it all together through the introduction of proposed ammendments. Instead, the Committee has embraced ammendments that will help...Read More

Everyone is certainly relieved that at least part of the most dangerous aspect of the Boston Marathon investigation has come to a close with the killing and capture of the two suspects in the bombing. We thank the men and women law enforcement and firefighters who helped bring this dangerous situtation to a close. During...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

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

Significant numbers of detainees were released from ICE detention centers across the country today, apparently in anticipation of sequestration. They are being released into alternative to detention programs. Some will be required to wear GPS ankle bracelets and some will be asked to report periodically to ICE officials. The releases come on the heels of...Read More

With all the excitement about comprehensive immigration reform, there are some who may be adversely affected by a new immigration law. The Cuban population, for example, could see the law known as the Cuban Adjustment Act modified or eliminated. The Cuban Adjustment Act is a law specifically created for only Cubans who manage to make...Read More

Finally the time is right for immigration reform to come about. We have been ready for this for very long, pleading with lawmakers to hear the cries of their constituents and forge a compromise on this issue, and although the wait has been lengthy, it appears that the time has finally arrived. Eight senators have...Read More

It would appear that a distinctive mark of a modern society is that their citizens tend to have considerably less children, especially as the rise in cost of living makes it ever more necessary for both spouses to work instead of the proverbial stay-at-home role that was generally allotted to women in a family. Those...Read More

The New Year is upon us, putting an end to a year with many developments made politically on the immigration front. The long awaited Supreme Court decision was rendered on the Arizona immigration law, SB 1070, with the Court striking down all but one of the controversial provisions, allowing the one that is conducive to...Read More

The Mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, has begun an interesting initiative to help reinvigorate the city by attracting immigrants to bring the skills, entrepreneurship, and tax base needed to bring new life back to a once thriving port city. Since immigrants are known for driving urban growth and renewal, the mayor thinks they are exactly...Read More