The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that an undocumented immigrant and Florida State University law school graduate Jose Godinez-Samperio cannot be admitted to practice by the Florida Bar. This does not mean that this is the end for Godinez-Samperio. The Court urged the Florida Legislature to intervene and change the law quickly so a different...Read More
Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has recently announced that DHS will be extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals who were in the United States in January 2011. TPS status is typically granted to the designated nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Somalia and Haiti,...Read More
For years, the United States has required Chilean citizens to pay entry fees and obtain legal visas in order to enter the country. In return, Chile has required U.S. citizens to pay the same entry fee upon entering the country. On February 2014, the Department of Homeland Security announced that as of May 1, 2014,...Read More
According to the Secretary of Homeland Security, if the Republican House does not advance towards a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) this year, the Obama administration will be forced to take action. After many previously unmet promises, in March 2014 Obama assured the U.S. Latino population that he would review the U.S. immigration and deportation policies....Read More
Finally, a group of Senators have formally introduced an outline of their version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. This has been met with both applause and opposition. We can only hope that the same actions in Congress that defeated the recent gun control legislation will not doom immigration reform. The gun control proposed law merely expanded...Read More
The Obama administration has recently introduced an immigration policy, which allows the undocumented, immigrant relatives of U.S. military affiliates, to obtain legal status and military benefits. This means that any undocumented immigrant, who is the spouse, child, or parent of a member of the U.S. military, is entitled to receive a social security number, healthcare,...Read More
President Obama has extended legal status and military benefits to spouses and children who are undocumented immigrants of military members. This is an important policy that will allow those who serve our country to do so without worrying about their family members being deported. This policy covers all current military members, National Guard members, and...Read More
Immigrant advocates called for the Philadelphia city administration to stop honoring ICE Holds for those taken into police custody. ICE holds occur when local or state authorities notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they have detained a non-citizen for a criminal offense. ICE then places a detainer on the person in custody which is a...Read More
In a very important and precedent case, the Board of Immigration Appeals decided that former waiver 212(c) is now available for people who relied on the former waiver when making the decision to proceed to a trial rather than accept a plea offer. The case, Matter of Abdelghany, is a major departure from the former...Read More
Supported by he Florida House Speaker, Bill Weatherord, the Florida House panel last week unanimously approved a bill that would allow undocumented students to take advantage of in-state tuition rates for secondary education in the Sunshine State. Taking a page out of D.C., however, the Florida Senate is likely to resist the bill if and...Read More
