Russell Pearce, the president of the Arizona Senate and author of the anti-immigrant bill S.B. 1070, was recalled from office in the Tuesday, Nov. 8 election. The state senator's impeachment follows an intense community campaign to remove him from office. In July of this year, the group Citizens for a Better Arizona collected more than ... Read more
Last week the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Honduras and Nicaragua. In my "Immigration Consultation" column this week in La Opinión, I explain how to re-register for TPS.
Nearly 400,000 people were deported in fiscal year 2011, according to figures recently released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of that number, 55 percent were criminals. The other 45 percent were not. This means that every undocumented person in this country is at risk of being detained in ... Read more
In my previous "Immigration Consultation" column in La Opinión, I explained that the U visa is part of a humanitarian program of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and is granted to victims of certain crimes who are willing to cooperate with authorities in the investigation or prosecution of the crimes.... Read more
For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 10,000 petitions for the U visa. This means that they have reached the maximum number they can issue for this fiscal year. In 2011, nearly 14,000 people applied for the 10,000 available slots. The program was created by Congress ... Read more
There is a lot of confusion about the U visa. This visa offers protection to immigrants who are victims of crime. But there are restrictions on who is eligible to receive it. This week in "Consulta Migratoria", my column in La Opinión, I explain how the U visa works, who is eligible and for how long it is granted.
The Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit to block implementation of Alabama's H.B. 56, claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution. The law, which is being challenged by the federal government, would take effect Sept. 1. H.B. 56 is considered the most restrictive of all ... Read more
Human trafficking or human smuggling is the illegal trade in persons for sexual or labor exploitation through prostitution or forced labor, involuntary servitude or any modern form of slavery. It is a serious problem with millions of victims around the world, thousands of them in the United States. In my column this week ... Read more
Simon Banda-Mireles, a 50-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for employing undocumented aliens for commercial purposes. The man, who owned several restaurants in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia admitted to having between 25 to 100 undocumented employees working at his businesses between 2006 and 2008. Banda-Mireles, who ... Read more
If you are the child of a person covered under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program you may be eligible for late initial registration if you were under 21 and unmarried during the initial registration period of the country of origin. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ... Read more
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