Blog Posts in May, 2011
Posted on May 25, 2011 By admin
According to reports, the nation's immigration courts are backlogged as never before. At the end of last year, more than 260,000 cases remained pending before immigration judges, with the average wait ...
Continue reading "Cause and Effects of the Long Delays in Immigration Cases" »
Posted on May 25, 2011 By admin
Last week we learned of the President's idea of comprehensive immigration reform through his draft outline that highlighted, among other things, the need to promote accountability for employers who ...
Continue reading "Measure Aimed at Protecting the Rights of Undocumented Workers" »
Posted on May 25, 2011 By admin
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Haitians will be extended for another 18 months, and so will allow Haitian ...
Continue reading "TPS Extended" »
Posted on May 25, 2011 By admin
Recently, more than 500 illegal migrants from Latin America and Asia were discovered crammed into the trailers of two trucks heading from Mexico towards the United States- a load that included 32 ...
Continue reading "Immigrant Load Headed for U.S. Intercepted in Mexico" »
Posted on May 25, 2011 By admin
President Barack Obama has time and again showed support for the sparsely populated communities of undocumented people living in this country. Yet while immigration policy reform was one of the ...
Continue reading "Obama Speech Calling for Immigration Reform" »
Posted on May 11, 2011 By admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Florida Immigration Bill Failed" »
Posted on May 11, 2011 By admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Salvadoran High Ranking Official Expected to be Deported" »
Posted on May 11, 2011 By admin
A number of medical doctors who expected a warm welcome in the U.S. after defecting from Cuba are now having difficulties getting their immigration visas from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...
Continue reading "Cuban Doctors Face Visa Delays in the U.S." »
Posted on May 2, 2011 By admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Appellate Court Renders Arizona Immigration Law Unconstitutional" »
Posted on May 2, 2011 By admin
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 ...
Continue reading "President Holds Meeting Regarding Immigration" »
Posted on May 2, 2011 By admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Congressional Pressure on Obama to Tackle Some Immigration Issues" »