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Posted on May 21, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Today, May 21, 2013, the Senate Committee who has been working on Comprehensive Immigration Reform voted, almost without dissent, to send the bill to the Senate floor for a vote of the full Senate. ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Everyone is certainly relieved that at least part of the most dangerous aspect of the Boston Marathon investigation has come to a close with the killing and capture of the two suspects in the bombing. ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Finally, a group of Senators have formally introduced an outline of their version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. This has been met with both applause and opposition. We can only hope that the ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The so-called, "Committee of 8" will reveal details of their proposed immigration reform bill on Tuesday April 16th. The new bill is thought to deal with the nearly 11 million undocumented ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Currently when a person appears at a USCIS office for immigration business, they are required to pass through a metal-detector and are subject to a search of their person or property. Additionally, ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
There are indications from unnamed sources that the idea of a national ID card is being scrapped because it would be too costly and difficult to manage. There have been several lawmakers in the past ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Secretary Napolitano told reporters that President Obama is anxiously awaiting a proposal from the group of democratic and republican lawmakers who have been meeting to try to hammer out a bi-partisan ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Eight senators have agreed on a preliminary plan to overhaul the immigration laws of the United States and have also agreed on a path to legalization for the estimated 11 million undocumented ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The Immigration Court, also known as the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) added two additional immigration judges to handle removal and deportation proceedings. Both Judges were added to ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The House has passed the Senate's version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This version of VAWA enhances federal programs to assist local communities with law enforcement and to aid ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Scores of immigrants at detention centers all over the country are being released in anticipation of the looming budget cuts. One such center is the Broward Transitional Center located in Pompano ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In a new case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court held that a retail theft conviction for which the defendant received a sentence of one year imprisonment is not an aggravated ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
In a very important U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Chaidez v. United States, the Court found that the decision in Padilla v. Kentucky was NOT retroactive. This decision is a blow to ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
After a laborious first term plagued with an economic downfall, mortgage crisis, and health care crusade—during which immigration was left neglected in the back burner—newly re-elected ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
With all the excitement about comprehensive immigration reform, there are some who may be adversely affected by a new immigration law. The Cuban popluation, for example, could see the law known as the ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
The House, on February 7th, defeated a proposed amendment to the immigration laws that would have made a third DUI conviction and any domestic violence conviction an aggravated felony. These ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
Finally the time is right for immigration reform to come about. We have been ready for this for very long, pleading with lawmakers to hear the cries of their constituents and forge a compromise on ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2013 By Florida Immigration Lawyer
President Obama, after avoiding our plunge off the fiscal cliff, now can focus on the rest of his domestic agenda which was laid out during the recent Presidential campaign. One of the domestic agenda ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2013 By Pozo Goldstein, LLP
The Secretary of Homeland Security just announced a new final rule that will promote family unity for visa applicants. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the final ...
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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 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 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 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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