The U.S. House of Representatives today is holding the first in a series of hearings to discuss how to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. Immigration law experts will be testifying on the need to fix our immigration system. They will talk about how they can improve the immigration system and ... Read more
A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators today announced their plan for immigration reform in the United States. The bipartisan group, which includes Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), John McCain (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) proposes to fix ... Read more
This morning I reported that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally released the final regulations to implement the modification of the process for obtaining a waiver under the "punishment law". Tomorrow it will be officially published in the Federal Register, and the new procedures will go into effect on March 4 ... Read more
Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced final regulations to modify the process for obtaining a waiver under the "law of punishment". This change will help thousands of U.S. citizens who have undocumented immediate family members - parents, spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 - when they apply for residency ... Read more
More than 13 million permanent residents have been living in the United States since January 1, 2011, according to a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report indicates that most of these individuals obtained their permanent residency after 2000 and that approximately 8.5 ... Read more
Questions continue to be asked about the proposed change to the penalty law. Unfortunately, the USCIS proposal has not yet been approved. As soon as a decision is made, I will be updating you. In my La Opinión column this week I answer several questions from readers, including two about the punishment law. Here I answer from ... Read more
The new proposal by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would establish a provisional waiver of the punishment law continues to generate many questions. In my column this week I continue to answer some of them. Please don't trust anyone who tells you that this is already a done deal. It is still a proposal. ... Read more
The new proposal by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would establish a provisional waiver of the punishment law has generated many questions from readers. This week in my column in La Opinión I answer some of them. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Each case is different, so you should consult ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I explain who would NOT be eligible to take advantage of USCIS's new proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver: Now that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally released its proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver, the USCIS is ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I explain the new USCIS proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally took the first step that will lead to a possible modification to the waiver application process.... Read more
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