Immigration Affects All People
The recent change in deportation policy has affected many immigrants to the country. Now, with the many kinds of immigrants, thousands of same-sex married couples have the hope of staying in the United States. The new policy has expanded the definition of what a family is, which includes same sex couples. Now, after being married [...]
Fast Tracking Illegal Aliens for Residency
There is a little known way that illegal immigrants can gain legal residency in the United States. This is known as the “U” visa. The “U” visa is granted upon individuals without legal residency in the United States who aid in the investigation of crimes or other activities. It also allows victims of violence that [...]
Court of Last Resort: Stop New Mexico Immigrant License Checks
Another landmark case regarding state immigration laws has come to a head. Four state senators and a woman resident of Silver City has petitioned the courts for an injunction to be issued against Gov. Susana Martinez’s government from its current policy of verifying whether an immigrant who received a driver’s license in New Mexico still [...]
New Policy Gives Hope to Many Illegal Aliens
The fear of being arrested as an illegal alien can now be appeased thanks to the new policy instituted by the Obama administration regarding its deportation policies. Earlier this week, President Obama ordered that deportations of illegal aliens that are not considered as public safety threats would be stopped altogether. Following that order, the ICE [...]
Probe Finds Insider Hacking in Immigration Agency
After a year of investigation, officials found multiple incidents of internal hacking and computer fraud at an immigration application processing center. The incidents involved staff members accessing management level emails and files according to reports. The probe was initiated in January 2008 when officials at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services reported to the Department [...]
The Current Issues with Immigration Adjudication
There are many cases currently awaiting adjudication in immigration. Many often undertake the immigration case head long without any legal assistance. In the end, they end up being crushed by the red tape and awaiting a final adjudication to no avail. For many immigrants undergoing the progress of adjudication is to expect a long and [...]
Stations to Become Immigration Hotspots
As many states institutionalize anti-illegal immigration legislation, the opportunity to travel for illegal immigrants has become one of the major chokepoints for their arrest and incarceration. For an estimated eleven million illegals, the inability to move about makes life much more difficult. In Florida, immigration agents have started to board Greyhound buses to net illegal [...]
A Snapshot of Secure Communities
The much-maligned Secure Communities program has its positive virtues. A report was conducted by the country of Dallas in Texas as to the effectivity of the program in weeding out the illegal immigrants in the county. According to the report, there were 167,882 individuals, upon their arrest, their fingerprints were run through the database between [...]
ICE Cancels Agreements with States
In a surprising move, US immigration officials have cancelled their policy of requiring states to participate in a program designed to identify and deport immigrants that have committed crimes. The program is called Secure Communities and has already standing agreements with forty states of the Union. John Morton, head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement [...]
E-Verify Would Kill Industry According to Dairy Farmers
A brewing immigration battle drawing lines in Washington and Wisconsin is feared to hurt the state’s main dairy farming industry. The proposed legislation would require dairy farmers to use the E-Verify system to confirm a prospective employee’s immigration status. According to farmers, about forty percent of the current labor force are immigrants with many of [...]
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