General Eugenio Vides Casanova was a top military officer from El Salvador during the civil war that took place three decades ago, and- in spite of notorious human rights violations by his forces- he was valued by the United States as an ally for his battle against Marxist guerrillas at a time when there was...Read More

With hundreds of thousands of people- immigrant or not- lining up in protest in Tallahassee during the last moments of deliberation, this imposing sight proved to be a game changer for Florida lawmakers as they were forced to acknowledge the people’s wishes and back down from their intent of transforming Florida into a full-fledged immigration...Read More

As we had previously reported, a group of twenty-two U.S. Senators had written to President Obama asking that he forbid certain youth from being deported in an attempt to fulfill a part of what the highly contested immigration bill known as the DREAM Act would have achieved. Now, though, it appears that the demands for...Read More

Last Tuesday, President Obama hosted a White House meeting with seventy national leaders to discuss the challenge of fixing our broken immigration system. Some of the invitees included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Sharpton, Evangelical leader Leith Anderson and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. While some advocates applauded the President’s renewed...Read More

Finally, the verdict is in. The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the State of Arizona and blocked the most contentious parts of their immigration enforcement law from going into effect. This ruling asserts the federal government’s authority over immigration and has determined that it is unconstitutional for states to take...Read More

The H-1B visa program has been among the most debated immigration issues, especially as the high technology industry pressures immigration officials for a higher number to be made available while those who oppose such an increase call for tighter controls on their distribution. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives had a sub-committee hearing in...Read More

While the Florida legislature considers tough immigration enforcement bills that are like Arizona’s in style, the state of Arizona is stepping back form its stringent anti-immigrant stance. And while Utah is among the most conservative states in the country, it has passed a law that would give many undocumented workers statewide legal residence, the first...Read More

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee decided to loosen up the requirements for local law enforcement agents to try to enforce federal immigration laws. This issue forms the centerpiece of a nationwide debate, one that has been closely followed by Floridians from either side of the divide. This new measure indicates that the state legislature...Read More

Last month, the Obama administration determined that the law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing gay marriages, the Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional. That is why an announcement made by immigration officials in Washington on Monday stating that they were going to delay decisions on some immigration cases involving gay couples led to...Read More

According to immigration officials, the U.S. government will deport 700 Haitians this year. After the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country in January of last year, deportations to the island stopped and many Haitians were granted Temporary Protection Status (TPS) by the U.S. immigration authorities. In December of last year, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...Read More