The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Arizona could not lawfully deny any unauthorized immigrant a driver’s license. This ruling applies to unauthorized immigrants that have been protected by the federal government from deportation and given permission to work. This decision helps groups of college students, and military veterans...Continue Reading

A group of children from Honduras were deported this week in one of the first flights carrying immigrants back to their native country since President Obama promised to speed up the processing and deportation of the undocumented immigrant juveniles. The juveniles were deported to San Pedro Sula, the city with the most murders in the...Continue Reading

As the Republican led House of Representatives continues to block comprehensive immigration reform, President Obama has made it clear that he will use his executive authority to fix as much of the problem as he can by the end of this summer. Of course, this initiative will be opposed by the Republicans who will most...Continue Reading

It is a well-established fact that our immigration courts are facing a backlog of cases. In some instances, deportation hearings are scheduled for 2017 because the court dockets are so full. This was the case before the development regarding minors and unaccompanied minors streaming across or southern borders. The immigration court, falling under the Department...Continue Reading

President Obama has made it clear that he intends to use his executive power to implement a policy that would dramatically reduce the amount of people deported. Those who are convicted of felonies would still be removed from the United States. The President previously did this with implementing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and...Continue Reading

Due to a Supreme Court ruling in 1982, public schools cannot deny illegal immigrants the right to study in public schools, kindergarten to 12th grade. Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, and Arne Duncan, Education Secretary, along with The Justice and Education Departments have recently reissued a public announcement, and provided simplified procedures regarding illegal...Continue Reading

After four years without comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) within the United States, President Barack Obama turned the focus of his second term to salvaging his previously unkept promise to change immigration policy. The Obama administration has deported more illegal immigrants than any other presidential administration. In fact, during the George W. Bush eight-year administration, deportations...Continue Reading

The Board of Immigration Appeals has decided that a waiver under former Section 212(c) is now available for people who were convicted after a trial where before these people were deemed ineligible e for this relief from removal. The case is called, Matter of Abdelghany. The Immigration and Nationality Act (Also known as The Act)...Continue Reading

An immigration judge in Dallas, Texas who handles removal proceedings involving minors was replaced. His name is Deitrich Sims and he has been an immigration judge for the Executive Office for Immigration Review for over 20 years. Most of these juveniles are from Central America and the numbers are increasing due to gang violence in...Continue Reading

Senator John McCain said this past Sunday that he is not going to throw in the towel on immigration reform in 2014. He feels that as the cultural landscape in the United States continues to change, the Republicans will need to step up and pass a meaningful immigration reform bill. He said as much to...Continue Reading