Members of the Senate GOP have filed a legal brief with the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s controversial executive actions on immigration. The key objection among GOP Senators is that Obama is in essence making laws directly from the White House while cutting out the involvement of the other two government branches....Read More
Law Firm Suites, a website dedicated to helping lawyers achieve success, recently published an article on how to effectively market a law firm. The article included tips on how to create professional and informative videos to be used as marketing and branding tools, as well as a list of common mistakes that should be avoided....Read More
After a laborious first term plagued with an economic downfall, mortgage crisis, and health care crusade—during which immigration was left neglected in the back burner—newly re-elected President Obama is regrouping and redoubling his efforts to tend to this problem, making immigration reform an ambitious centerpiece of his agenda. He held meetings at the White House...Read More
Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced that it has decided to hear the case regarding the President’s immigration program that he proposed to the nation in November 2014. Since that time, a federal judge in Texas and the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, blocked this executive action from going forward, alleging that the...Read More
Back in 2014 and 2015, thousands of refugees fleeing violence in their countries, streamed across the United States’ southern borders. In many cases, unaccompanied minors were part of the migrants. Each person was given a hearing date to appear before an Immigration Judge to determine if their fear rose to the level of political asylum....Read More
With the new and exciting laws for undocumented individuals that President Obama announced last month, comes a warning for unsuspecting families who may be headed for sham and unethical “notarios.” It is vital that anyone seeking to benefit from the new laws that could potentially grant status, must consult with a reputable and well established...Read More
In a decision dated July 9, 2010, Anderson v. Napolitano, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered a case where the petitioner self-deported after being charged with committing crimes involving moral turpitude. She was deported in 1994 and in 1996, reentered the United States using a Nigerian passport and her married name. When she appeared...Read More
Christian leaders in Cedar Rapids, Iowa have come together to ask politicians to take into account the human rights aspect of the current immigration system and consider a humanitarian reform. It was pointed out by these leaders, that with the current presidential race underway immigration has become a hot topic amongst the candidates. To date,...Read More
Recently, 13 different states have taken action in regards to immigration rather than waiting for Congress take action at the federal level. These states have allowed immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. In addition, these states have decided to mesh these undocumented immigrants in the mainstream economy in hopes of improving the state economies. One representative...Read More
The mid-term elections that took place yesterday were a landslide for the Republican Party in most parts of the country. This is not good news for supporters of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform, whose political leanings tend to be Democratic. The Republican Party has articulated its opposition to any Immigration Policy that President Obama intends to...Read More
