The deadline for the visa lottery has opened. The government shutdown will not affect registration. In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I explain who is eligible and what you need to do to register. Here is the column: One of the ways to obtain permanent residency in the United States is through ... Read more
This week in my Consulta Migratoria column, I explain why eligible Salvadorans should re-register for the Temporary Protected Status program. This is the column: With less than a week to go before the deadline to re-register for the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Salvadorans, almost half of the eligible individuals have not yet ... Read more
Last week I reported to you that the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). Several media outlets interviewed me about the issue including MundoFox News, NBC Los ... Read more
Yesterday, I reported that the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). The document consists of approximately 1,200 pages and it is important to emphasize that at this time it is ... Read more
By a vote of 68-32, the U.S. Senate today passed the comprehensive immigration reform bill entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). Now, the debate on comprehensive immigration reform moves to the House of Representatives ... Read more
Yesterday I reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had decided to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for El Salvador. Today DHS published an official notice in the Federal Register and provided instructions on the re-registration process. You can read a copy ... Read more
By a vote of 13-5, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved the comprehensive immigration reform bill entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). In Spanish it would be: ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act''. S.744 will now move to the full Senate where it could be ... Read more
Since the announcement of the "Gang of 8" comprehensive immigration reform proposal, it was anticipated that its approval would be difficult. Now, it will be even more so. Yesterday afternoon, Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee introduced 300 amendments to the current bill entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and ... Read more
In my "Consulta Migratoria" column this week published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I continue to answer readers' questions about the new comprehensive immigration reform bill. Here is my column: The new U.S. Senate bill entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization ... 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
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