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
The Florida Senate’s immigration-enforcement bill includes a provision that holds the federal government responsible for failing to enforce immigration laws or enact reforms, a failure that it states is taking a toll on state resources. That is why the proponents of the bill have added a measure that would require the state to calculate the...Read More
Alabama is the most recent state to propose an immigration package similar to the Arizona laws passed last year, following the recent package passed in Utah. A group of protesters gathered at the Statehouse Thursday, March 10, to state their objections to the bill includes two worrisome provisions. The first provision allows police to detain...Read More
Florida City is hoping to have a new immigrant detention center built, reports say. The city is applying for a grant to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility that would have enough room to house as many as 2,300 detainees. Although it would cost $150 million, officials expect that it would...Read More
The Florida Speaker of the House, Republican Dean Cannon from Winter Park, has announced that a new immigration-enforcement bill will be introduced during the newly begun legislative session. Much to the dismay of many, the bill would solidify the attempts of the previously drafted bills by allowing law enforcement officers to check the immigration status...Read More
It’s official- Florida lawmakers are pushing for a watered-down version of Arizona’s strict immigration laws. These will be considered during the 60-day legislative session beginning today. They claim this is part of a broad effort by a coalition of states to enact laws that will force Washington to create a uniform set of immigration reforms....Read More
It used to be that individuals who applied for permanent residency or adjustment of status and whose cases were still pending ran the risk of having their application denied if they left the United States without first obtaining a special permission called Advance Parole. Currently, applicants who are granted Advance Parole are issued Form I-512 and...Read More
