Nelson A. Castillo Starting today, I am once again writing a weekly column that will appear every Tuesday on LaOpinion.com and in other impreMedia digital publications around the country. This week's topic is how to prepare for immigration reform. It is important to keep in mind that reform is not going to happen right away, ... Read more
A bipartisan group of senators presented a proposal for immigration reform. President Obama came out to defend the need for reform, insisting that there must be a plan in place within the next 6 months. Why is it possible to have immigration reform in 2013 when it was not achieved ... Read more
This past Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives held the first hearing to begin the dialogue on what an immigration reform must include in order to be effective. Now, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it will meet next Wednesday, February 13 at 9:30 am, for the same purpose. ... Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives today is holding the first in a series of hearings to discuss how to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. Immigration law experts will be testifying on the need to fix our immigration system. They will talk about how they can improve the immigration system and ... Read more
A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators today announced their plan for immigration reform in the United States. The bipartisan group, which includes Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), John McCain (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) proposes to fix ... Read more
More than 407,899 requests for deferred action have been submitted since USCIS opened the deadline to initiate the process. According to figures provided yesterday by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), this government agency has received a total of 407,899 requests between August 15 and January 17, 2013. Of that figure, the USCIS has ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that they have identified 59 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs in the coming year. The H-2A program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States for temporary agricultural employment. The ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective January 12, 2013, toll-free telephone assistance service hours have been extended to include Saturdays. The National Customer Service Center (NCSC) hours of operation will now be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to ... Read more
By a vote of 65 to 46, the Illinois House of Representatives today passed the bill that will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. The Senate had already passed SB 957 on December 4. Now, Governor Pat Quinn must ratify the bill with his signature to begin implementing it. Quinn has already ... Read more
The U.S. government spent more money on immigration surveillance and enforcement in fiscal year 2012 than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined. According to a report released today by the Migration Policy Institute, (Migration Policy Institute) spending of $$18 billion went to the two major government agencies ... Read more
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