I am very happy to inform you that yesterday Susy Alvarez, a Salvadoran girl whom I helped for free, got her driver's license renewed. I met Susy at the Consulate General of El Salvador in Los Angeles, where I periodically give free consultations to people in need. When I met with her on ... Read more
Democratic Senator Harry Reid today announced that he will introduce the "DREAM Act," which would allow for the legalization of undocumented students, as a stand-alone bill after Thanksgiving - with the intention of bringing the bill to a vote during the current special session of the House. The "DREAM Act" ... Read more
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court today ruled that some undocumented immigrants will be able to continue to pay the same tuition offered to in-state high school students to attend public community colleges and universities. The ruling upholds California's law, known as AB 540, which allows undocumented ... Read more
I have been informing you about the cases of two Salvadorans, whose unemployment benefits were suspended because their employment authorization cards have an expiration date of September 9, 2010, even though the validity of those documents was automatically extended until March 9, 2011. After writing a letter to ... Read more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, has been conducting a wave of audits of companies to verify whether they are complying with the law in hiring employees. This affects not only the owners or managers of the companies, but also the employees. ... Read more
The number of cases currently pending and awaiting resolution by the immigration courts rose to 261,083 by the end of September. The backlog continues to grow, according to statistics compiled by Syracuse University's TRAC. To get an idea of the increase, check out this graph: The time to ... Read more
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the launch of its new website: www.justice.gov/eoir. According to office officials, the intent is to make it easier for users to navigate the site. Among the new features of the redesigned site is an Action Center with a new ... Read more
Three Georgia immigrants have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows local authorities to enforce federal immigration law. They are also seeking to have the lawsuit declared a class action so that many other immigrants will also be represented. According to experts, the lawsuit, filed last week ... Read more
In recent months, I have been consulted by a large number of people whose cases have been harmed because they previously went to notaries public or immigration "consultants" to do their immigration paperwork. Some of the people who consulted with me had valid cases, but because they used a notario who misadvised them, there is now nothing ... Read more
Tomorrow begins the registration period for the "diversity visa" lottery, as the U.S. State Department's annual visa lottery is commonly known. Through this program, approximately 50,000 visas will be raffled for fiscal year 2012. The last day to ... Read more
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