Florida Governor Rick Scott, who is a strong supporter of the recently halted efforts to pass state legislature to curb immigration through a draconian and discriminatory immigration bill, has announced that he will focus on immigration in the upcoming year. The State Column reports that Gov. Scott said on Tuesday that “he will focus on...Read More

United States Senator Marco Rubio is receiving a lot of pressure from the Tea Party activist group to deliver a campaign rhetoric for tougher immigration enforcement. “We’ve been waiting for him to come up with something and to be a leader on this issue,” said the founder of the Fort Lauderdale branch of the group....Read More

A new bill has been introduced in the United States Senate that would make it easier for the family of service members on active duty to obtain permanent resident status in the U.S. without having to leave the country first in order to apply. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has reintroduced the Military Families Act, which...Read More

A graduate student from the University of California at Davis who launched a national facebook campaign to avoid being deported to India with her mother won an 11th hour stay last week after immigration officials issued a memo allowing for greater discretion in DREAM Act-eligible cases. Mandeep Chahal and her mother, who are both undocumented,...Read More

Once again, the DREAM Act is up on the discussion board; yet this time its possibilities seem greater than ever. For the first time ever, a Senate hearing has been held to discuss the bill with Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill) as chairman of the subcommittee holding the meeting. In its current form, the DREAM Act...Read More

In what may seem as the most bizarre situation, a police officer from Boynton Beach who in 2010 was singled out as the “Officer of the Year” has been indicted for conspiring to possess and traffic 500 grams of methamphetamine. The indictment accuses David Britto, 28, of drug dealing from June 2009 until March 4,...Read More

Much to the dismay of immigrant activists, a bill has recently been introduced in the U.S. Congress that could enable immigration authorities to re-detain indefinitely Cubans with criminal records who cannot be deported back to their home country. During what was known as the Mariel boatlift, which occurred in 1980, many Cubans were detained indefinitely;...Read More

A bill that offers a comprehensive framework for a lasting immigration reform has been introduced by Senator Menendez (D-NJ), along with Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and John Kerry (D-MA). It is called the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) Act of 2011,” and unlike other...Read More

While it appears this topic has gone on under the radar, so to speak, it is official–the Obama administration has intensified a crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants across the country. Officials have notified another 1,000 companies in all 50 states that they plan to inspect their hiring records. Because businesses are well aware that...Read More

In an effort to aid refugees, the United States Senate and House have introduced the “Refugee Protection Act of 2011.” Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Dick Durban (D-IL), and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) round up the group of congress members spearheading this initiative, one which the American Immigration Lawyers Association...Read More