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10 Things We Know From the New Guidance Released By DHS on Deferred Action Today

August 3, 2012

The long-awaited conference call and release of materials regarding DREAM Act deferred action finally occurred today. While there are many questions left about the process of deferred action for certain undocumented youth, we learned a...

Deferred action silence on August 1

August 2, 2012

Despite lot of buzz that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would provide new information today regarding deferred action for certain undocumented youth ("Dream Act deferred action"), August 1 came and went with no new...

Five Things I Have Learned by Consulting with DREAMers

July 15, 2012

Over the last three weeks, I have met with dozens of young people about their eligibility for Dream Act deferred action. I advise them that there is no process yet to apply for deferred action...

Frequently Asked Questions about DREAM Act Deferred Action

July 3, 2012

Why do you call it “DREAM Act Deferred Action?” It is true that the new program is not the DREAM Act. However, it does have its origin in the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is...

What to do while waiting for the CIS to implement DREAM Act deferred action

June 30, 2012

On June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to give deferred action and employment authorization documents (EADs) for a period of two years to certain young people who came to...

National Dream Act Graduation

June 27, 2012

Yesterday, I had the privilege to speak to many DREAMers who came from all over the country to lobby Congress to pass the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. And with activist glee and an...

Big win at the Supreme Court

June 26, 2012

In what was surely the most anticipated decision of the Supreme Court's term, Arizona v. United States came down today and not in the way anybody expected. In a 5-3 decision (Justice Kagan took no...

Dream Act Deferred Action Chart

June 20, 2012

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Good news, but wait, don’t do anything yet!

June 18, 2012

The President's announcement of deferred action for DREAMers has ignited the passions and imaginations of the immigrant community. As it should have. For an immigrant community that has suffered through over a decade of harsh...

Relief for DREAMers

June 15, 2012

The adminisitration electrified the immigration world today by announcing a new policy offering discretionary relief to young undocumented immigrants as a group. This announcement changes administration policy by moving from a de facto cases by...

Why I am supporting the President’s re-election

May 7, 2012

I do not intend to give a comprehensive discussion of the Presidency of Barack Obama. I am only writing on the one issue that I have true expertise on: immigration. From all of the articles...

Battle Lines are Drawn

January 11, 2012

Mitt Romney, almost certainly the Republican nominee, just announced that he received the endorsement of Kris Kobach, the architect of the vast majority of state immigration laws, such as Arizona's SB 1070, as well as...

There’s Something Happening Here

January 10, 2012

As Buffalo Springfield sang in the 60s, "there's something happening here." However, as murky as the 60s were, what is happening here is becoming increasingly clear- the administration is beginning to fight on immigration. As...

Finally some good news!

January 8, 2012

On Friday, January 6, 2012, the Citizenship & Immigration Service announced that it intended to make a minor procedural change to the way certain waivers of inadmissibility are decided. Although this change is best described...