Nelson A. Castillo The names of the three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans who will decide whether to lift the block on President Obama's immigration Executive Action were released today. The judges are two Republicans and one Democrat - Jerry Smith, Jennifer Walker Elrod and Stephen Higginson. ... Read more
As of today, the E-Verify identity self-verification program is available to users nationwide. The system was launched in 2011 as a pilot program. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the expansion of the program that allows employees to create accounts ... Read more
The demand for H1-B visas is so great that the federal government received approximately 233,000 applications. Last week I reported to you that the available H-1B visas for fiscal year 2016 had been exhausted. Today, April 13, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released how many ... Read more
On the same day that federal Judge Andrew Hanen refused to lift the block on immigration executive actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of DACA in another lawsuit. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Mississippi state government and ... Read more
This week, Federal Judge Andrew Hanen refused to lift the block he imposed in February on the immigration measures that President Barack Obama announced in November of last year. The U.S. Department of Justice, arguing that the President's executive actions are lawful and constitutional, had filed a motion ... Read more
Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, former defense minister and former director of the National Guard of El Salvador was deported from the United States today, after an appeal was denied. In a decision issued on March 11, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed the appeal of the Salvadoran general from ... Read more
Federal Judge Andrew Hanen refused to lift the temporary stay on President Barack Obama's immigration executive orders. Judge Hanen on Tuesday, April 7, denied the U.S. Department of Justice's emergency motion asking him to allow implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans with Disabilities (DAPA) program, which ... Read more
Due to high demand, it only took 7 days for the available H-1B visas for fiscal year 2016 to sell out. As I reported to you last month, I predicted that they would sell out in the first few weeks. But it was even faster than anticipated. The opening of registration to file applications began on ... Read more
During the program "Un Nuevo Día" on Telemundo, I answered questions from viewers. I explained how a U.S. citizen can petition for his or her stepchild, what DACA is, how to obtain a work permit, how to request your immigration or criminal file, and how to apply for a humanitarian or tourist visa. You can see the answers in ... Read more
It is unfortunate, but I keep being contacted by people from different parts of the country who are having problems after going through the renewal process for the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. As I have been reporting, the Department of Motor Vehicles has been denying driver's licenses to Salvadorans and Hondurans with TPS ... Read more
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