Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 29, 2011 By admin
The Senate Judiciary Committee next month will hold a mark-up and vote on a bill repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The announcement by ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2011 By admin
For many years, cities across California were pushed to adopt ordinances ordering businesses to verify that their employees were eligible to work in the U.S. Now, however, legislation has been signed ...
Continue reading "California Bans the use of E-Verify" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia A class action lawsuit has been filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of five students who were all born in the United States yet have been classified as ...
Continue reading "Florida Residents Sue Over Discriminatory College Tuition Rates" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By admin
It is being reported that immigrant children in the state are facing more bullying and taunts at school since Alabama's tough crackdown on illegal immigration took effect last month. Just last week, a ...
Continue reading "Alabama Immigration Law Controversy Continues" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By admin
After nearly a year in immigration custody, our client sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Image via Wikipedia In July, our firm filed its motion to vacate our client's August 2010 conviction ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia As a general rule Dutch citizens are not legally able to obtain U.S. Citizenship without giving up their Dutch citizenship. Two commonly used exceptions to this general rule are ...
Continue reading "Change in Dutch Citizenship Rules" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By admin
Victory today for a 39 year old gay man from Venezuela who came to the US in 2002 on a visa and overstayed. After living in the US for nine years illegally and without lawful status he was granted ...
Continue reading "Asylum Granted -- Venezuela" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By admin
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with other civil rights groups, is suing to prevent South Carolina's tough new illegal immigration law from taking effect in January. The lawsuit ...
Continue reading "ACLU on South Carolina Immigration Law" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia The state of California's Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation making illegal immigrants eligible to receive state financial aid to attend California universities and ...
Continue reading "California Dreaming" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia Two days ago, the U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it deported record numbers of immigrants during this fiscal year, and that same day, immigrant advocates ...
Continue reading "Immigrant Day of Action" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia As you may know, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has asked the 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals to block the enforcement of Alabama's immigration law until an appeal can be heard. ...
Continue reading "Alabama Immigration Law Hotline" »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia According to a new report released by the Pew Hispanic Center, the children of Latin immigrants aged 17 and younger represent the highest number of children living in poverty in ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By admin
The Ensuring Equal Justice Pro Bono Initiative (EEIJ) honored its volunteer attorneys today at a breakfast reception at the Law Offices of Greenberg Traurig, in Downtown Miami. The Miami-Dade Public ...
Continue reading "Maggie Arias Honored for Pro Bono Work" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia With more than 100 residents demanding a stop to the construction of an immigration detention center next to the city of Pembroke Pines due to, as they claim, having been kept in ...
Continue reading "Florida Immigration Detention Center Quarrels" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia Last week, Rick Perry, who is the governor of Texas and a Republican Party presidential candidate, issued strong statements on immigration in Florida that resonated among ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedent decision in Sanchez Fajardo v. U.S. Attorney General, rejecting the Silva-Trevino analysis to determine whether a ...
Continue reading "Board of Immigration Appeals reversed by Federal Court" »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia Last week, President Barack Obama spoke before an audience of Hispanics and assured them that he would continue to "push hard" for an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws even as his ...
Continue reading "Federal Government Stance on Immigration Overhaul" »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia The verdict is out on the Alabama immigration law: unfortunately, the federal judge has partially rejected the federal government's request to block this strict new law that is ...
Continue reading "Federal Judged Blocked Part of the Alabama Law" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia The Case of Carlos Martinez Gutierrez, a young man who got caught smuggling three Mexican children into California, has reached the nation's highest appellate court. The U.S. ...
Continue reading "The Application of the Residency Requirement has reached the U.S. Supreme Court" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia Last week, a seven-day crackdown on illegal immigration took place, rounding up 2,901 undocumented immigrants with substantial criminal records. This roundup was the result of the ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia According to immigrant advocates, a new immigration enforcement bill is being considered in Congress, one that would undermine existing immigration law by removing prosecutorial ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By admin
Image via Wikipedia On the fifteenth anniversary of the immigration law, advocates call for the repeal of mandatory detention. The Detention Watch Network launched its "Dignity, Not Detention" ...
Continue reading "Calls for the Repeal of Mandatory Detention" »