Of the 103 children under the age of 5 who were separated from their families at the Mexican border, 57 of them are now back with their parents. President Donald Trump's administration announced that today it completed the reunification of "eligible" minors, meeting the deadline dictated by a court order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for ... Read more
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that immigrant minors who are in the country illegally are not entitled to attorneys paid by the federal government at their Immigration Court hearings. The ruling was unanimous, upholding a judge's decision ... Read more
The U.S. Department of State eliminated the Central American Minors Refugee (CAM) Program and stopped accepting new applications on November 9, 2017. This means that certain minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who have parents who are permanent residents or have legal status in the United States ... Read more
The U.S. government announced today that it will expand its existing Central American Minors Refugee Program (CAM). The expansion will allow it to accept petitions from older siblings, biological parents and caregivers of Salvadoran, Guatemalan and Honduran minors whose parents are legally living in the United States. The program ... Read more
Thousands of immigrant children continue to arrive alone in the United States. But that doesn't mean they are helpless when they get here. There are centers and services that offer help to unaccompanied immigrant children, families and sponsors. In order to help guide them where to turn, the federal government is promoting a Helpline set up by the Office of ... Read more
I have excellent news about the case of a minor I have been representing in the Immigration Court and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). After four years of hard work, paperwork and filings at federal government offices, yesterday we obtained a great victory for Domingo Lopez. The USCIS finally granted him residency ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer a question from a reader who wishes to immigrate her child through the new Central American Refugee/Permission for Minors Program. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here is a general answer to her questions. For ... Read more
The images of thousands of children arriving alone in the United States, fleeing violence in their home countries, risking their lives in a perilous journey that in some instances claimed their lives, have caused great concern this year. While activists have complained about the deplorable conditions under which they have been ... Read more
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 recent weeks several media outlets have reported on the thousands of children being detained trying to cross the U.S. border, calling the situation a humanitarian crisis. Due to the large number of children fleeing their countries arriving here, detention centers cannot accommodate them. Parents ... Read more
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