Recent Blog Posts
DHS to accept expanded DACA applications starting 2/18/2015
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that applications for benefits under the recently announced expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, sometimes referred to as the DREAM act, will be accepted starting February 28, 2015. President Obama announced the expansion of the program in November, 2014. DACA previously included people who were… Read More »
U Visa Petitions from Crime Victims Continue to Rise
Immigrants are often easy targets for criminal abuse. Many have limited English-language skills and are unfamiliar with the American legal system or how to report crime to the police. Often they are reliant on their abuser who may be their primary link to American life. For undocumented immigrants, the situation is even worse, since… Read More »
Arizona’s “Sheriff Joe” Loses Challenge to Obama’s Executive Orders on Immigration
Last November, President Obama created opportunities for nearly five million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. to live and work without fear of removal by issuing a series of executive orders expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and creating a new program of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent… Read More »
New Immigration Laws Announced
As most of you have by now heard President Obama is moving forward with the most sweeping changes to our immigration law in decades. What does this mean? 1. Deferred action for parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent resident children who have been living in the United States since 1/1/2010. This means freedom… Read More »
Immigration Executive Action Imminent
President Barak Obama appears to be moving forward with a plan to take executive action on Immigration. An announcement could come as early as next week. This could be a 10 part plan expanding deferred action to aliens who came to the United States as children and also extending status to parents of U.S…. Read More »
Possible Executive Action On Immigration – Potential status for undocumented
Some encouraging news from the president on immigration. Although this is all too familiar and disappointment common. Possible status for aliens here more than 10 years and status for parents of “Dreamers”, those children granted temporary status under the DACA program. https://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-may-cut-deportations-1414626089
Relief coming for Haitian families
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services announced today, October 17, 2014, that the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program will soon be implemented to grant visas to some family members who have been waiting in Haiti to come to the U.S. to join their families. Program details to be announced before the end of the… Read More »
New York City Council Changes Law on ICE Immigration Detainers
Last week the New York City Council passed two pieces of legislation which will tighten the controls in place for detainers requested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Whenever local officials have an undocumented immigrant in custody, ICE routinely requests local officials to hold the person for 48 hours so that the person… Read More »
MA’s GEIR Helps Foreign Entrepreneurs Stay in the U.S.
For highly-skilled foreigners, the H-1B visa is the best and most popular option for working and living in the United States. However, it has an annual quota of 85,000, except for those who are sponsored by a nonprofit research institution. This fall, Massachusetts launches the Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) program to keep talented… Read More »
Should the Guatemalan Refugees be Granted Temporary Protected Status?
There are currently about 57,000 children in the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who have illegally crossed over the U.S.-Mexican border since 2011. This massive influx has overwhelmed immigration centers and created a humanitarian crisis in the country while also igniting a firestorm of debate about the nation’s immigration laws, border… Read More »
