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End of DACA- What are the new rules?
End of DACA- What are the new rules?
  This is the first of several articles detailing the changes to the DACA program announced on Tuesday September 5, 2017.  This is meant to give quick and dirty information, whereas the next one we...
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Waiting for DAPA: Is Today the Day the Supreme Court Rules?
Waiting for DAPA: Is Today the Day the Supreme Court Rules?
[caption id="attachment_1029" align="aligncenter" width="275"] The Supreme Court is ready to rule on DAPA and expanded DACA soon.[/caption] Our eyes will be on the Supreme Court today to see if the Supreme Court will issue its...
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Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson
Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson
[caption id="attachment_2294" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The head of the ICE Bureaucrats' Union, Chris Crane.[/caption] A victory for the Obama administration in a case related to DACA in the 5th Circuit should give hope to millions waiting...
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EXECUTIVE REFORMS: Deferred Action for the Parents of U.S. Citizens and Residents
EXECUTIVE REFORMS: Deferred Action for the Parents of U.S. Citizens and Residents
As Joe Biden once said, this is a "big f'in' deal." The centerpiece of the President's immigration reforms announced yesterday is the expansion of deferred action to cover certain foreign national parents of United States...
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Is Executive Action on Immigration Imminent?
Is Executive Action on Immigration Imminent?
It is only fitting that major technological achievements like the successful placement of a lander on a comet be paired with news that the Obama administration is planning many reforms to our nation's immigration policies. ...
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DACA Renewals Begin!
DACA Renewals Begin!
  On June 5, 2014, the renewal process for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals starts for more than half-million DREAMERs who are already enrolled in the program. DREAMERs or DACA beneficiaries will continue to...
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Will the Courts Invalidate Deferred Action?
Will the Courts Invalidate Deferred Action?
There is much hue and cry over a federal district court judge possibly blocking the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a lawsuit filed by Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, on behalf...
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Why has my case been transferred to California?
Why has my case been transferred to California?
Recently, the Citizenship & Immigration Service sent out thousands of notices to people with applications pending notifying them that their application has been transferred to the California Service Center.   Many DACA applicants with applications pending...
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The Whine of the ICE Bureaucrats
The Whine of the ICE Bureaucrats
It has been a tough week for the ICE bureaucrats who have sought to undermine the political leadership of this country to pursue their own restrictivist and nativist agenda.  Regular readers of this blog (my...
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The Immigration Industrial Complex
The Immigration Industrial Complex
The Migration Policy Institute recently released a study documenting that the U.S. government spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement, dwarfing the $14 million spent on other federal law enforcement agencies. The FBI, the DEA and...
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DACA, Provisional Waivers, and de Osorio?
DACA, Provisional Waivers, and de Osorio?
The publication of the rule allowing for processing of provisional waivers for unlawful presence in the United States was another act of administrative rule-making that the President has undertaken to make the immigration laws more...
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My Trip to the White House to Discuss Immigration Reform
My Trip to the White House to Discuss Immigration Reform
In Washington, we have very hot summers without a real beach to beat the heat.  Our winters can be wet, sloppy messes or we can get pounded with multiple snow storms in a city completely...
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Mitt Romney would honor DACA grants, not issue new ones
Mitt Romney would honor DACA grants, not issue new ones
Thirty four days before the Presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has expressed a position on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has been in place since August 15.  In an interview...
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State by State: Driver’s Licenses for DACA Applicants
State by State: Driver’s Licenses for DACA Applicants
The following chart, released by the American Immigration Lawyers' Association (AILA), looks at whether each state’s document requirements for a driver’s license can be satisfied with a grant of deferred action under the DACA program....
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USCIS Issues New Guidance on DACA – Applications Open Tomorrow
USCIS Issues New Guidance on DACA – Applications Open Tomorrow
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and other senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials held a stakeholder conference call on Tuesday, August 14 at 1:00 pm (Eastern) to discuss Secretary Janet...
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