Last year ended on a sour note for immigration policy with the defeat of the DREAM Act. Now, as the new state and federal congressional houses begin their new legislative sessions, more states than ever before appear to be pressing on for a revamped effort to pass harsh legislation targeting immigrants. While we learned that...Read More
The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Miami Tactical Dive Team have found a human skull off of Miami’s coast. The skull has since been turned over to the Miami-Dade Police Department for further investigation. In the past, the Team has rescued a man who had suffered a seizure and had to be pulled form...Read More
In a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that wealthy El Salvadorian male deportees with criminal histories who oppose the gangs in El Salvador is not a narrow enough characteristic to be considered “membership in a particular social group” in order to prove the nexus to persecution required in political asylum cases....Read More
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Miami Violent Gang Task Force apprehended more than 50 members and associates of violent street gangs in South Florida. In the wake of the shooting by gang members that resulted in the death of City of Miami police detective James Walker, ICE joined forces with local law enforcement agencies...Read More
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
