Last week I participated in the annual conference of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. After my presentation, I met two journalism students who are undocumented and anxious to get out of the immigration limbo they are in. It saddened me that I could not help them now and made me think about how these people can advocate for ... Read more
This week President Obama met with community leaders and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to reiterate his support for comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama said he has been lobbying several Republican senators to support Senator Charles Schumer in crafting a bill. According to the ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced changes to Form I-90, the application to replace the permanent resident card (green card). The new form is dated "08/10/09" and can be used immediately. The form can be submitted electronically or by regular mail. The USCIS ... Read more
Today I learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been restructured. The Office of Detention and Removal Operations will now be called Enforcement and Removal Operations. In addition, the name of the ICE Office of Investigations has been changed. It will now be Homeland Security Investigations. ICE will make an announcement ... Read more
Last week I wrote about an incident in which Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) demonstrated his anti-immigrant stance in Avalon, California (on Catalina Island). The congressman confronted a Mexican consul and tried to prevent employees of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles from issuing matricula consular plates to his fellow citizens during ... Read more
I learned about an unfortunate confrontation between Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and a Mexican consul in California who was helping his fellow Mexicans. The news was reported by the Los Angeles Times, but not by the Spanish-language media. The congressman did everything he could to block the consul from helping undocumented Mexicans who ... Read more
If you have a family member who has been taken to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, you may be able to obtain information about individuals detained in those facilities. To do so, family members and attorneys should contact the Office of Detention Operations and the Office of Immigration and Customs ... Read more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released the most recent list of detainees who have died inside ICE detention centers. Between October 2003 and May 2010, 111 people have died inside ICE facilities in different parts of the country. ... Read more
Due to an over-enrollment of family-based petition applications for persons from the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Department of State has limited and delayed the visa delivery date for this group. According to the June 2010 visa bulletin, the deadline for registration under the family-based category ... Read more
Days after Mexican President Felipe Calderón visited the White House, President Barack Obama announced the sending of 1200 troops to the border to impose control and security in the area. According to news sources, the dispatch of soldiers is temporary, with the objective of carrying out anti-drug missions, while training personnel from Mexican agencies and ... Read more
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