In my Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer the question of a reader who wishes to reunify with his minor child who is detained by immigration authorities in the U.S. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on the immigration history of each person. Here is a general answer to your questions. Please consult ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer a reader's question about the consequences of being found guilty of a felony. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here is a general answer to your questions. Please consult with ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I explain what it is, who is eligible and how to obtain asylum in the United States. This is the column: Recently, it has been mentioned a lot in the media that there are immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. But this benefit is difficult to obtain because there are strict requirements for it to be ... Read more
For several years I have been concerned about various aspects of the immigration law system, but most particularly, the lack of legal defense for undocumented children in immigration court. Unaccompanied children, who arrive illegally in the United States and are detained by immigration agents, must appear in court to have an immigration judge decide whether to ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I explained who is subject to deportation. Here is the column: The recent arrest of musician and actor Justin Bieber has raised many questions about who is subject to deportation from the United States. There are many reasons why an alien could be deported from the U.S., ... Read more
Nearly 2 million people have been deported during President Obama's administration. In my Immigration Consultation® column this week I give advice on how you should prepare in the event that you are detained and leave your family protected. Here is the column: Nearly 369,000 people were deported in fiscal year 2013, ... Read more
This Sunday I had the opportunity to participate in a panel on Univision's "Al Punto" program to talk about immigration reform and answer some questions. During the course of the segment, Mr. Juan Jose Gutierrez, who is not a licensed attorney or a federally accredited representative, said that unauthorized individuals ... Read more
President Barack Obama's administration deported 409,849 people during fiscal year 2012 (October 2011 - September 2012), almost 13,000 more than the previous year. This, despite announcing in mid-2011 that it would suspend the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants in the process of being removed from the country while they conducted an evaluation of each ... Read more
Today I participated in a call with Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), who provided more information on the implementation of the deferred action program that will benefit hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth. Under this directive, certain young people will not be able to be deported from the country for a period of ... Read more
Questions continue to be raised about the deferred action program that the federal government recently granted to hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth. In my column in this week's La Opinión I continue to answer some of the questions I have received from readers. Here I respond in general terms to their doubts. Each case is different, ... Read more
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