Urgent notification for DACA recipients

Anyone covered by DACA who received a work permit that is more than 2 years old and was issued by the Federal Government after February 16, 2015 has until July 30, 2015 to return the document to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, ... Read more

Judges Appointed to Hear DAPA and DACA Expansion Case

The battle over the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans or Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is back in court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New ... Read more

Court refuses to lift block on immigration Executive Action

By a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans today refused to vacate Judge Andrew Hanen's February order temporarily suspending the implementation of immigration relief ordered by President Obama's executive action. Federal Judges Jerry Edwin Smith and ... Read more

Questions about Immigration Executive Action

In early March, Univision in California held a forum to clarify questions about President Obama's Executive Action on immigration. Since not all questions from the public could be answered, Univision chose the most popular questions submitted through its digital platforms and social networks and asked me to answer the five most important ones. Univision ... Read more

Court of Appeals Hears DAPA and DACA Case

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans today heard oral arguments on blocking the implementation of President Obama's immigration executive actions. The hearing, which lasted approximately two and a half hours, was to evaluate an appeal by the Department of Justice of ... Read more

Judges to Hear Immigration Executive Action Case Identified

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

Could DACA court ruling favor Executive Action case?

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

What about the immigration Executive Action?

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

Judge Hanen upholds block on immigration Executive Action

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

Can U.S. citizen petition for stepchild?

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

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