Blog Posts in August, 2011
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By admin
Fourteen people have been arrested in Sacramento for taking part in a grand-scale fraud, namely that of arranging dozens of sham marriages with the objective of obtaining lawful permanent residency ...
Continue reading "Marriage Fraud Ring" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By admin
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has recently released an analysis of the number of immigration-related proposals introduced at the state level between January and June of 2011. ...
Continue reading "States Continue to Try to Legislate Immigration" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By admin
As if immigrant rights groups needed another reason to distrust the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have cleared its agents of any wrongdoing ...
Continue reading "ICE In-House Investigation Deemed Inadequate" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By admin
As the U.S. economy continues to be far from what it used to be, in a recent letter U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez outline the economic benefits of ...
Continue reading "Immigration: A Job Creator" »
Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By admin
The White House announced on Thursday August 18th that a new deportation policy will be implemented which will prioritize the deportation of documented and undocumented immigrations who have criminal ...
Continue reading "White House Announces New Deportation Policy" »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By admin
For those undocumented immigrants who avoid flying for fear of detection by the TSA, a new threat from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE has stepped up their periodic checks of passengers ...
Continue reading "Public Transportation Not Safe for Undocumented Immigrants" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By admin
The Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision Matter of Blake, 23 I&N Dec. 722 (BIA 2005). In Matter of Blake the BIA ruled that a person found ...
Continue reading "Judulang v. Holder" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By admin
In Vahora v. Holder, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals examined "changed circumstances" as it pertains to the one-year bar to political asylum. The Court held that "changed circumstances" do not ...
Continue reading "Ninth Circuit on Changed Circumstances" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By admin
Over the weekend, Stanley B. Greenberg published an op-ed in The New York Times explaining what Democrats can do to regain their strength through wide-ranging support. Among the suggested measures was ...
Continue reading "Suggestions for Democratic Appeal" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By admin
On August 5, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically changed their position on the Secure Communities Program. This program allowed the sharing of fingerprints taken by state and ...
Continue reading "ICE Shifts Position on Secure Communities Program" »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 By admin
A new report released by the Pew Research Center shows that Hispanic families accounted for the largest single decline in wealth of any ethnic and racial group in the country during the recession. In ...
Continue reading "Hispanics: The Most Affected by the Recession" »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 By admin
Broward County residents are protesting plans for the privately run immigration detention center. The city of Southwest Ranches has partnered with private prison firm Corrections Corporation of ...
Continue reading "Broward County Residents Oppose New Detention Center" »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 By admin
We are accustomed to picturing the U.S.-Mexican border as a place rife with murder, arson, theft, kidnapping, and every other violent crime imaginable. The problem is that we also tend to unfairly ...
Continue reading "Dispelling the Border Myth" »