Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The Federal Government announced that they are ending the program known as "287(g)". This program, named after the regulation authoriziing it, allowed for local law enforcement to be ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The Mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, has begun an interesting initiative to help reinvigorate the city by attracting immigrants to bring the skills, entrepreneurship, and tax base needed ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In this past election, 72% of Latinos eligible to vote came out in support of President Obama, being a decisive force behind his victory. That is why now, just a few weeks shy of the end of yet again ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Who would have thought a major figure of the Republican Party would be publically calling for immigration reform? Former President George W. Bush delivered an opening speech at a symposium on ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
President Obama's Uncle, who is in deportation proceedings, was just granted a new hearing by the Board of Immigration Appeals who opined that he did not receive competent representation of legal ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In yet another article about Immigration Judge Rex Ford, the Huffington Post highlights the issues at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida. Front and center is the culture at the ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
As we pause in our daily lives to give thanks on Thanksgiving, there is much to reflect on from the Presidential election results and the impact on immigration. Whatever your political opinion, the ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
It appears that Republican Marco Rubio is taking the lead for the party in trying to attract Hispanic voters. He is urging a more permanent solution for the so-called DREAMers who were brought to the ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Asaf Darash, an Israeli citizen, started a software company in San Francisco called Regpack. The company has hired about 15 people so far. Despite this he is faced with deportation from the United ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Miami is what it has become thanks to its Cuban immigration, there is no doubt about that. Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959 there has been a huge influx of Cubans who immigrated to South ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
On Tuesday evening the Presidential election was not the only thing to be decided, throughout out the nation people everywhere were voting for state amendments and referendums. In Maryland, the ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The people have voted and the incumbent president was once again chosen to be our chief executive for four more years. Barack Obama's reelection comes with a string of ripple effects that will ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
As I watched the election results come in I switched back and forth from network to cable news. I was paying particular attention to some of our local races along with, of course, the Presidential ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The Florida State Board of Education decided, Tuesday, not to appeal a ruling from a Federal Judge prohibiting colleges and universities from charging higher tuition rates to children of undocumented ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The Miami New Times is a trendy South Florida newspaper provided free to all who want to open the news box on the corner and read it. The news magazine is full of interesting stories one of which ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Grover Norquist, a staunch right-wing conservative Republican, is coming around with support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In a speech at the Midwest Forum, Norquist stated that immigration is ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Finally what we have been waiting to hear from the man himself ever since the second presidential debate took place. In an interview Obama has said that if he is re-elected, he will "force a ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
It is estimated that at this year's election there are an additional 21% of Latinos who have become naturalized citizens meaning that 24 million are eligible to vote. It is no surprise then, that ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In Los Angeles, a group of inmates have filed a challenge to the "Immigration hold" system used throughout the country. Typically, if a non-citizen is arrested for a crime, even if the case ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
California was running on low steam lately with the Governor's announcement of vetoing the Trust Act, the bill that would have limited the use of Secure Communities for the sake of detaining ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Ever since the 2000 election where the decision of who would become the next president rested on such a small margin that was to be determined by the swing state of Florida, people have made a fuss ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In what is surely a major letdown, the California Governor has decided to veto the bill that would have limited the use of Secure Communities in the state. The TRUST Act would have minimized the ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The importance that immigrants play in an election year is never going to be more visible than this time around. They are such a force to be reckoned with that the political figures are bending over ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In a recent ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, the Court ruled that a person in removal proceedings who wishes to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility under Section 212(h) of ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2012 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
It goes without being said that our nation's economy is still not in the best condition, even if it has been nearly 4 years since the financial crisis. Nowhere is the recession being felt more ...
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