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
Image via Wikipedia The state of California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation making illegal immigrants eligible to receive state financial aid to attend California universities and community colleges. Highlighting the need to expand educational opportunity, he signed the California Dream Act because it makes sense to allow high-achieving students access to college financial aid....Read More
According to a new report released by the Pew Hispanic Center , the children of Latin immigrants aged 17 and younger represent the highest number of children living in poverty in the U.S. It is worth noting, however, that if this age range is not taking into consideration, poverty among Latin children is only surpassed...Read More
Last week, Rick Perry, who is the governor of Texas and a Republican Party presidential candidate, issued strong statements on immigration in Florida that resonated among immigration enforcement-only policy supporters in the Florida Legislature. The Florida Tea Party movement say they will accept nothing short of requiring every employer to check the immigration status of...Read More
With more than 100 residents demanding a stop to the construction of an immigration detention center next to the city of Pembroke Pines due to, as they claim, having been kept in the dark about certain agreements that had been reached, the City Commissioner, Angelo Castillo, has confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has...Read More
Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedent decision inSanchez Fajardo v. U.S. Attorney General, rejecting the Silva-Trevino analysis to determine whether a conviction is for a crime involving moral turpitude. TheSilva-Trevino was a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that expanded the reach of an Immigration Judge to determine whether a particular conviction...Read More
The verdict is out on the Alabama immigration law: unfortunately, the federal judge has partially rejected the federal government’s request to block this strict new law that is considered to be the toughest on illegal immigrants. It makes it a crime for an illegal resident to apply for a job, it requires public schools to...Read More
