A Lawrence, Kansas, man will get his day in court after being arrested and taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on January 24, 2018. Syed Jamal is originally from Bangladesh but has lived and worked in the U.S. for more than three decades. Jamal was nearly deported in February 2018 when...Continue Reading

White House insiders report that President Trump and his advisors are quietly putting together a plan that would affect the ability of immigrants legally in the U.S. to get green cards or to achieve citizenship. Senior White House advisor Stephen Miller is the architect of the proposed changes, which would allow immigration officials to deny...Continue Reading

As more immigrant families are reunited with their children in accordance with a court order issued on June 26, 2018, many continue to be at risk of deportation from the U.S. According to immigration advocates, the Trump administration plans to deport as many as 1,000 recently reunited families in the near future. Attorneys in San...Continue Reading

Dozens of immigrants who have enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a program that allowed them to earn citizenship by honorable service in the armed forces are being discharged with little or no explanation. More than 40 immigrant recruits have recently been discharged or have had their enlistment status questioned in recent months....Continue Reading

The Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth, Florida, has served immigrants in the local community since 1992 and continues to provide material help for those in need across southern Florida. New concerns about parents being separated from their children and the risk of deportation, however, have made this gathering place a rare refuge for undocumented immigrants...Continue Reading

U.S. Representative Lois Frankel, a Democrat from West Palm Beach, Florida, made a two-day trip to Texas on June 22 and 23, 2018. This trip allowed Frankel to visit several immigration detention centers in the state that house immigrants while they await their court dates. Frankel had the opportunity to meet with mothers who had...Continue Reading

President Donald Trump has expressed that he would support either of the two immigration bills currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives. This represents yet another shift in his stance on immigration issues, leading some experts to suggest that this announcement might be a way to distract from the controversial issue of children...Continue Reading

Three men have been arrested on charges of human trafficking in the West Palm Beach area. Octavio Diaz-Mendez, Edictor Rosman Perez-Morales and Bartolo Mazariegos-Chay were all charged with felony offenses related to prostitution and trafficking of individuals recruited from other countries. These women and girls were coerced into acting as prostitutes through threats made against...Continue Reading

Mitch McConnell and other leading Republicans in the Senate have demonstrated an unwillingness to challenge President Donald Trump on a wide range of issues. Immigration is a hot topic that has inspired a lot of discussion over the past few years. In a recent interview, McConnell indicated that he does not wish to engage in...Continue Reading

Legal experts have warned that some of the immigration reform changes suggested by President Donald Trump could be unconstitutional. Trump has been vocal about immigration issues and has often expressed his dislike and distrust of both legal and undocumented immigrants to the U.S. Enlisting the professional help of an experienced West Palm Beach immigration lawyer...Continue Reading