In the future, it could be possible to obtain Permanent Resident status in the United States by buying a house. Two U.S. Senators, one Democrat and one Republican, have worked together on a bill that would make a green card available to a foreigner who invests $500,000 in real estate in the United States. One...Read More

A report recently confirmed that the massive wave of deportations is separating families and relegating thousands of children to foster care. The Applied Research Center (ARC) spent a year researching the effects of immigration enforcement on families and the complications the system imposes on family reunification. ARC found that in the first six months of...Read More

Image via Wikipedia According to U.S. immigration authorities there could be thousands of human rights violators and war criminals living as illegal immigrants in the United States, some of them have even been able to get into the U.S. with legal authorization. Locating and removing these criminals is nothing new for immigration enforcement officers, but...Read More

Amid all the injustices undocumented immigrants are currently facing in their home states as state legislatures have passed law that specifically targets their lives and families, and despite the fact that these Arizona-style initiatives seem to be being implemented ever more often, the U.S. government is taking legal action to try to counter their policies....Read More

State Representatives Janet Cruz (D-Tampa), and Darren Soto (D-Orlando), requested that state Senator Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) be removed from the Senate Committee on Reapportionment he belongs to because of his recent statement that “many Hispanic-speaking people in Florida… are not legal.” His insensitive remarks created an uproar within congress members and the public alike. The...Read More

For many years, cities across California were pushed to adopt ordinances ordering businesses to verify that their employees were eligible to work in the U.S. Now, however, legislation has been signed into law that prohibits the state, cities and counties from mandating that private employers use E-Verify. Cities that had previously adopted the now outdated...Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee next month will hold a mark-up and vote on a bill repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The announcement by committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sets up a collision course for the Senate and House over the issue of gay...Read More

A class action lawsuit has been filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of five students who were all born in the United States yet have been classified as “non-residents” and charged a significantly higher tuition for college due to their parents being undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit was filed against Florida education...Read More

As a general rule Dutch citizens are not legally able to obtain U.S. Citizenship without giving up their Dutch citizenship. Two commonly used exceptions to this general rule are U.S. citizenship through marriage, and Dutch nationality for children born in the U.S. to a Dutch parent. The Dutch government is currently reviewing a law that...Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with other civil rights groups, is suing to prevent South Carolina’s tough new illegal immigration law from taking effect in January. The lawsuit was filed last week in a Charleston federal court, and it is yet another challenge brought against states that passed ever-tougher illegal immigration laws, arguing...Read More