Just hours before the law was set to go into effect, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked the most controversial parts of S.B. 1070. The law is set to go into effect tomorrow, Thursday, July 29, but without the provisions that concerned the Latino community and immigrant activists and advocates ... Read more
The company ImpreMedia, which owns the newspapers La Opinión of Los Angeles, El Diario/La Prensa of New York and other newspapers around the country, this week launched a special project on the controversial S.B. 1070 law. Through the digital version, you can watch videos, see photos and learn about the chronology that culminated ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that effective today, new measures are being implemented to improve the Disciplinary Action Program against attorneys and others authorized to represent clients before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Among the ... Read more
Salvadorans who have not previously enrolled in the Temporary Protected Status program may be eligible for a late initial enrollment. The video explains some of the requirements for eligibility. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26flTfrvPYY&hl=en_US&fs=1]
There are 217,000 Salvadorans eligible for the extension of temporary protected status. The re-registration deadline is September 7. The following video has important recommendations to complete the process. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-gGoCkDBEY&hl=en_US&fs=1]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for El Salvador. Individuals from El Salvador will be able to remain under the program's protection for another 18 months beginning September 10, 2010 through March 9, 2010. Read more
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Department of Justice today will file a lawsuit against the state of Arizona to stop the implementation of SB1070. The controversial law gives police the power to question and detain any person if they have reasonable suspicion that he or she is ... Read more
Tuesday, July 6 is the last day for eligible Hondurans and Nicaraguans to re-register for the TPS program. There will be no extensions unless the person has good cause. The current extension will allow people from these countries to remain under the program's protection for another 18 months - from ... Read more
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
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
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