Surely if a child is adopted by American parents she would herself become an American citizen, right? The answer is not necessarily. Tara Ammons Cohen is a wife and mother of three children from Washington State who is being threatened with deportation back to Mexico even though she was adopted by American parents when she...Read More
After the long-awaited Congressional vote on the DREAM Act, and despite its passage in the House of Representatives, the Senate Democrats decided to put this bill on hold in stead of trying to break the expected Republican filibuster on Thursday. Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, forced a vote to call off the attempt presumably...Read More
The DREAM Act, a bill that would give a path to legalization for many undocumented young people, narrowly passed in the House of Representatives yesterday evening by a 216-198 vote. The bill’s passage was greatly applauded by President Barack Obama, who has called it “an important step” toward comprehensive immigration reform. But this by no...Read More
Today, the first of December, is a day that will go down in history. It marks the first World AIDS day in which HIV-positive non-citizens are no longer banned from entering the U.S. or barred from becoming a lawful permanent resident . Last January, the HIV ban on travel and immigration, which had been in...Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) filed an administrative complaint with the United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for having arrested and detained two U.S. Citizens who live in the Denver area, along with several dozen other Spanish-speaking legal residents as they were on a bus on their way to a convention in Omaha,...Read More
Senator Harry Reid has promised that the Senate will vote this year on enactment of the DREAM Act, which would give thousands of undocumented immigrants who wish to pursue higher education a chance to do so. In the process, these immigrants will begin a path to legal residency. With the continuing disappointment surrounding the failure...Read More
Effective November 18, 2010, the Orlando Immigration Court will be located at 3535 Lawton Road, Suite 200 Orlando, Florida 38203. The phone number is 407-648-6565. Our Miami Immigration Lawyersrepresent clients in the Orlando Immigration Court.Read More
Florida State Representative William Snyder has drafted an immigration bill, styled in a similar fashion as the Arizona bill, that would create new concerns for Hispanics and Latino groups who amount to about 22% of the state’s population. The bill would require that police officers check the legal status of anyone that has been stopped...Read More
John Morton, head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed that the “Secure Communities” initiative where local police share fingerprints with federal immigration authorities is mandatory, not voluntary. Some local governments have attempted to opt-out of the program citing costs and basic human rights concerns. This is an about-face for the agency because...Read More
Deportations Hit a Record High (According to New York Times article by Julia Preston published Oct. 6, 2010) Immigration authorities deported a record 392,862 immigrants over the last year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. About half of those deported- 195,775- were convicted criminals, also a record, and an increase of more than 81,000 deportations...Read More
