There is a new director at the helm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Retired General John F. Kelly was sworn in on Friday, January 20, after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm him. As Secretary of Homeland Security, Kelly now leads the third largest federal department ... Read more
President Barack Obama today expressed his approval of the Supreme Court's ruling that declared a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and instructed the U.S. Attorney General to work with other members of the administration to ensure that the DOMA law is not unconstitutional.... Read more
Last week I reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given "high priority" for expedited removal. They also released which aliens are considered "low priority" for deportation. ... Read more
After months of uncertainty, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given priority in the immigration courts. In my column in this week's La Opinión, I explain which cases are high priority for ... Read more
John Morton, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), today announced that 396,906 individuals were deported during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011). This is the highest number of deportees in the agency's history. According to figures from ... Read more
The announcement that the U.S. government would halt "low priority" deportations gave hope to thousands of immigrants whose cases are before the immigration courts. But it also attracted scam artists on the prowl for vulnerable people desperately seeking to stay in the country. The new immigration policy is not an amnesty, ... Read more
When the U.S. government announced last week that it would halt "low priority" deportations, it gave flight to the hopes of thousands of undocumented immigrants - and to unscrupulous people who want to take advantage of those people and swindle them out of their money and their dreams. The new immigration policy of President Obama's Administration ... Read more
Last week the U.S. government announced a change in its immigration policy. They suspended the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants in the country while they review their cases one by one, noting that they will focus on the removal of criminals. But this is only a temporary measure, which has generated many questions ... Read more
The U.S. government today announced that it will cancel the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants currently in removal proceedings while it evaluates each case. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the policy change in a letter to the ... Read more
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