Nelson A. Castillo In my "Consulta Migratoria" column this week published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I continue to answer readers' questions about the new comprehensive immigration reform bill. Here is my column: The new U.S. Senate bill entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization ... Read more
This Sunday I had the opportunity to participate in a panel on Univision's "Al Punto" program to talk about immigration reform and answer some questions. During the course of the segment, Mr. Juan Jose Gutierrez, who is not a licensed attorney or a federally accredited representative, said that unauthorized individuals ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has rejected many applications for the provisional waiver of punishment law (Form I-601A) because people are not following instructions. For example, many people have not sent proof that they have already paid the immigrant visa fee to the Department ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is again processing I-129 forms used for H-2B petitions for temporary nonagricultural workers. As I previously reported to you, USCIS suspended processing of these forms in March while it decided how to respond to a court order. The court order vacated a portion of the rule that set forth how ... Read more
In my "Consulta Migratoria" column this week published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I answer several questions about the new comprehensive immigration reform bill. Here is my column: Last week, a group of senators known as the "Gang of 8" - four Democrats and four Republicans - introduced a new immigration ... Read more
Last week I reported to you that a bipartisan group of Senators, known as the "Gang of 8″ introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the U.S. Senate. The bill is entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). In Spanish it would be: ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration ... Read more
The group of senators known as the "Gang of 8" - 4 Democratic and 4 Republican senators - early yesterday morning introduced an immigration reform proposal in the Senate. All media outlets were quick to bring the news. But all the details are still unknown and what the implications ... Read more
Now that a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, pressure must be applied to get the proposal improved and passed. In my "Consulta Migratoria" column this week published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I explain how to do it. Here is my column: The ... Read more
A bipartisan group of Senators, known as the "Gang of 8″ introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the U.S. Senate early this morning. The bill is entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). The bill is entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act'' (S. 744). Read more
More than 488,782 requests for deferred action have been submitted since the USCIS opened the deadline to initiate the process. According to figures provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), this government agency has received a total of 488,782 requests between August 15 and March 31, 2013. Of that figure, the USCIS has ... Read more
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