Federal Judge Orders Full Reinstatement of DACA

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ordered President Donald Trump's administration to fully reinstate DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program - which protects from deportation people who came to the United States before their 16th birthday by giving them temporary authorization to live ... Read more

Seven states sue federal government to cancel DACA permanently

Texas and six other states today filed suit against the U.S. government for continuing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program past the March 5 expiration date that had been stipulated by President Donald Trump when he ordered the program canceled ... Read more

Federal judge in Maryland rules that DACA cancellation is legal

Federal Judge Roger W. Titus in Maryland ruled that President Trump had the authority to dismantle DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - when he announced the elimination of the program in September 2017. In his ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the organization Casa de Maryland ... Read more

Supreme Court refuses to review DACA, keeping program in effect

The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to intervene in the legal dispute over DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program - which currently protects approximately 700,000 undocumented youth. The high court announced its decision with a brief notice of just two sentences in which it said ... Read more

Trump proposes immigration plan with severe restrictions

The White House yesterday unveiled an immigration plan that provides a mechanism to naturalize approximately 1.8 million DREAMers, but would exclude approximately 10 million undocumented immigrants. It would also restrict legal immigration and eliminate the visa lottery in exchange for increasing border security and allocating $25 thousand ... Read more

Does the government shutdown affect immigration proceedings?

On Saturday, January 20, a partial U.S. government shutdown began following the inability of Democrats and Republicans to reach an agreement to renew the budget. This means that many government agencies will be affected, as thousands of employees will be furloughed and will not be allowed to work until a ... Read more

USCIS is once again accepting DACA renewal petitions

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will again process applications for renewal of DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - in compliance with federal Judge William Alsup's order issued last week. USCIS communicated last night on its website that it has resumed accepting DACA petitions, ... Read more

Watch my next Facebook Live for La Prensa Gráfica

Folks, check out my next Facebook Live for La Prensa Grafica de El Salvador this Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. PT, 3:00 p.m. CT and 4:00 p.m. ET. The cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and DACA, the detention of undocumented immigrants in ICE operations over the course of this year, and ... Read more

Federal Judge Orders Temporary Restoration of DACA

Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California last night issued an order blocking the cancellation of DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program - repealed by President Donald Trump's administration last year. In a ruling outlined in a document from ... Read more

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