Please be careful of ‘notarios’ because they are not lawyers and there is more to immigration than just ‘filling out forms.’  After a client has worked with a notario, it often difficult to fix the mistakes they have made. I-601 Waiver Attorney, Ruby L. Powers Link here - Full Article Chris LaRiche seduces immigrants with lies [...]
Read more →From Immigration Policy Center Most Americans take it for granted that marriage to a U.S. citizen and other family relationships entitle an immigrant to a green card, but there are barriers that often prevent or delay these family members from becoming lawful permanent residents, even if they are already in the United States. Among these [...]
Read more →From Immigration Impact Today, the administration took another important step toward fixing one of the most notorious problems with our broken immigration system—the 3 and 10 year bars. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it was filing a notice of intent to change a rule which would streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens [...]
Read more →From American Immigration Council  January 6, 2012 Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposal to streamline the application process for the spouses and children of U.S. citizens currently eligible for legal permanent resident status, minimizing the amount of time that applicants would have to be separated from their families.  Under current [...]
Read more →The January 6, 2012, DHS Announcement about Planned Changes to Processing for Unlawful Presence Waivers Frequently Asked Questions What was announced on January 6? On January 6 DHS announced, in a notice to be published in the Federal Register on January 9 that it will be issuing new regulations for how unlawful presence waivers will [...]
Read more →Immigrant workers, farmers fearful in wake of Alabama immigration law Alabama passed the severest immigration law in the US. Â Basically, Americans don’t want to do the jobs that people without papers or status in the US are willing to do so a lot of farm work will not have enough labor to be [...]
Read more →In Febuary 2011, President Obama declared that the Department of Justice would no longer be defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in certain Courts of Appeals. This radical stance change has had a profound effect on undocumented aliens and foreign nationals in the LGBT community. However, due to certain legal realities, the DoJ has [...]
Read more →Great list brings the info down to 10 key points, from Reform Immigration for America blog posting: Here are the 10 Things You Should Know about DHS’s Announcement: All 300,000 cases currently in deportation proceedings will be reviewed by senior DHS officials. Immigration judges and ICE trial attorneys will also be reviewing their cases [...]
Read more →August 2011 A report by the Center for American Progress looks at the decline in immigration from Mexico and examines factors that have contributed, such as Mexico’s aging population and growing economy. The report concludes that decreased immigration provides an “opportune time” to implement sound immigration policy. Read the report, “What Changes in Mexico Means for U.S. Immigration [...]
Read more →