Scores of immigrants at detention centers all over the country are being released in anticipation of the looming budget cuts. One such center is the Broward Transitional Center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. We’ve written many times about BTC and Immigration Judge Rex Ford who presides over almost every removal proceeding in the facility. CLICK...Read More
In a new case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court held that a retail theft conviction for which the defendant received a sentence of one year imprisonment is not an aggravated felony for immigration purposes. The retail theft charge was filed in Georgia but the Court noted that Georgia’s theft statute...Read More
In a very important U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Chaidez v. United States, the Court found that the decision in Padilla v. Kentucky was NOT retroactive. This decision is a blow to non-citizens who were not properly represented by counsel when they entered plea agreements that resulted in deportation. In the Padilla...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
The House, on February 7th, defeated a proposed amendment to the immigration laws that would have made a third DUI conviction and any domestic violence conviction an aggravated felony. These amendments were part of the proposed amendments to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This is an important victory for non-citizens because an immigration aggravated...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
President Obama, after avoiding our plunge off the fiscal cliff, now can focus on the rest of his domestic agenda which was laid out during the recent Presidential campaign. One of the domestic agenda items is Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The President has already made it clear that he favors laws and regulations that focus on...Read More
The Secretary of Homeland Security just announced a new final rule that will promote family unity for visa applicants. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the final rule applies to specific situations and will allow some relatives of United States citizens to apply for provisional unlawful presence waivers before leaving the country...Read More
The Federal Government announced that they are ending the program known as “287(g)”. This program, named after the regulation authoriziing it, allowed for local law enforcement to be deputized as federal agents in order to enforce the immigration laws of the nation. This was a controversial program as it resulted in the undocumented immigrants in...Read More
In yet another article about Immigration Judge Rex Ford, the Huffington Post highlights the issues at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida. Front and center is the culture at the facility where they seem to have a policy of not releasing detained immigrants on bond. In the case highlighted, a twelve year old...Read More
