The Case on Prosecutorial Discretion
Here is a case about prosecutorial discretion. Julio Tellez is an undocumented immigrant currently residing in Hamilton, Cleveland. The federal government through the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement sought for deportation of Tellez. As a response, Tellez through counsel sought for dismissal of the order for deportation claiming the case [...]
HALT to the DREAM ACT
For beneficiaries of the DREAM Act, the HALT Act is an ominous cloud on otherwise bright and clear horizon. Undocumented young people have benefited from the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act for it allows them to be educated throughout the United States public education system regardless of their status. Other provisions of [...]
Judge Decides on Controversial Alabama Law
US District Judge Sharon Blackburn has promulgated her decision on the Alabama anti-immigration law HB 56. She has upheld major provisions of the measure that allows state law enforcement agents to question and detain without bail individuals suspected to be an undocumented immigrant. A further provision upheld requires Alabama public school authorities to verify the [...]
Protestors Not To Be Deported
In North Carolina, ten individuals, all of them undocumented were arrested and subsequently released on both. The Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office said that in consonance with its internal policy, it screens everyone arrested. Out of the fifteen protestors arrested, ten were found to be undocumented aliens. All ten undocumented aliens did not have criminal records and [...]
Cook County Passes Pro-Immigrant Rights Ordinance
The Cook County Board of Commissioners recently passed an immigrant rights ordinance last September 7 with a ten to five vote. The ordinance aims to free suspected undocumented aliens incarcerated throughout the county for misdemeanor offenses. This blanket release goes against the grain of holding immigrants as requested by the federal authorities. The ordinance also [...]
E-Verify Divisive Rather Than Cooperative
A new proposal in the Springfield Sister Cities Association Board has caused a rift between members of the community. The proposal, which requires business in the governed area to use the E-Verify system has been met with protests by other members of the community. Members of the Latino community have called the proposal biased and [...]
Immigration Reform Called in DUI Victim Memorial
Last Aug.20, 2011, Matthew J. Denice was riding his motorcycle when a car struck him and dragged his body for quarter of a mile. While his body lay on the pavement, he was run over by the car that struck him. The driver of the car was Nicholas Guaman, a native of Ecuador. He has [...]
The Alabama Law Verdict Postponed
After much legal wrangling and posturing, a federal judge has issued the injunction that blocks the enforcement of the much-maligned Alabama law on illegal immigration. The injunction was issued as the judge wanted more time to decide if the said state law was not unconstitutional. The order was issued by US District Judge Sharon L. [...]
Obama’s Uncle Arrested for DUI
In Massachusetts, the uncle of President Barack Obama has been charged for driving under the influence. Onyango Obama was arrested in Framingham after police arrested him after making a rolling stop on a corner, nearly causing a cruiser to bump into his SUV. He is the brother of Zeituni Onyango, the president’s aunt who last [...]
Mexico Declares Net Migration Return
According to the latest government census from the Mexican government, the number of Mexican emigrants have opted to return to their homeland from the United States has increased over the last half decade to nearly one million. Mr. Rene Zenteno Quintero, the deputy secretary of Population, Migration and Religious Affairs, said in a press conference [...]
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