Nelson A. Castillo Yesterday, the manner in which Mexican citizens must apply for non-immigrant visas to the United States changed. To explain what the changes consist of, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico has coordinated a webchat with visa consuls for next Wednesday, January 12, starting at 4:00 pm. The dialogue will be live at ... Read more
At a press conference held today, Wednesday, January 5, coordinated to coincide with the first day of the new federal Congress, five Republican lawmakers introduced two proposals that seek to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. One measure proposes the creation of a new definition of state citizenship, in addition to national citizenship, that would exclude babies born in ... Read more
During the last months of 2010, I exposed a series of problems that several immigrants under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) were experiencing. Among them, employment discrimination. In the following videos I explain how employers should act to avoid discriminatory practices. youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZXTXnsUVpU] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9unD4TcHu8] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9unD4TcHu8]
More good news! Mr. Santos Delacruz Hernandez, who returned to his job yesterday after being illegally fired by McCann's Engineering & Manufacturing Company, will now also receive his back pay from October 6, the date on which he was removed from his position. While the company acted wrongfully in firing him, it responded quickly ... Read more
Santos Delacruz Hernandez, who was illegally fired by his company, returned to work today. Thanks to my intervention and the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Hernandez was reinstated to his job. I especially want to thank attorney Jennifer Sultan and investigator Sergio Esquivel of the Department of Justice for all of their ... Read more
Salvadorans under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) continue to have problems because they are being incorrectly told that their employment authorization cards (EADs) are not valid, when they are. I previously reported on how immigrants with TPS were being wrongly denied unemployment benefits and driver's licenses, and how they were being denied ... Read more
The DREAM Act Closing Motion in the U.S. Senate failed to pass. The final vote on the Motion was 55 in favor and 41 against. This means that the DREAM Act will not become a reality this year. * 5 Democrats voted against the DREAM Act. They are: Max ... Read more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today deported Juan Miguel Méndez, a former Argentine police officer wanted by the Argentine courts as a war criminal. Méndez is accused of participating in torture and extrajudicial executions in clandestine detention centers during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. The Unit of ... Read more
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) introduced a DREAM Act Closing Motion in the Senate this evening, Thursday, to end debate and proceed directly to a vote. At this time, the vote is scheduled for Saturday morning.
Bad news for those who are waiting their turn to obtain visas through the family-sponsored preference category. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has significantly moved back the priority dates, as indicated in the January 2011 visa bulletin. This means that beginning in January, in many cases, they will have to wait ... Read more
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