Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 – America’s facelift turns 50 This past weekend marked the 50thanniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Cellar Act. Then-President Lyndon Johnson, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty on October 3, 1965, signed legislation that forever changed the demographics of our nation of …
Pope Francis’s Visit Is Not Likely to Push Congress to Immigration Reform
Pope Francis’s speech to Congress was a highly anticipated event, but it is one that is unlikely to push members of Congress to take action with respect to Immigration Reform—or with any other temporary measure, like Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents (“DAPA”). During the Pope’s first visit to the U.S. he had the unique opportunity of addressing both chambers of …
Three Reasons Conservatives Should Support DAPA
With Donald Trump’s wild rantings of the superior negotiating skills of the Mexican government, and his idea that all undocumented immigrants are criminals (neither of which has any basis in fact, but hey, its a presidential campaign, facts are not relevant), there has been a lot of attention paid to the Obama Administration’s DACA and DAPA programs. The DACA program …
President Obama–Publish the DAPA Regulation (And Why He Won’t)!
We found out this week that the “new” panel that will hear the actual DAPA appeal in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is actually the old panel. Judges Smith and Elrod were the majority decision in motions panel which declined to lift the stay put in place by Judge Hanen from the Federal District Court in Texas. Using polemics …
The GOP and Immigration Reform, and Obama and Executive Orders
THE GOP AND IMMIGRATION REFORM The GOP will control both the Houses of Congress come January 19, 2015. Mitt Romney, in a massive shift from his 2012 presidential campaign position, says that one of the first things the GOP will do is pass some sort (unclear what exactly) of “immigration reform” and put it on the President’s desk in 2015. …
Six Immigration Scams To Avoid–Be Warned and Warn Others
Whenever new immigration changes are talked about, those that prey on immigrants come out of the dark corners like cockroaches. That is exactly what is happening now! Be on the lookout, be warned, and warn others to avoid immigration-related scams. Several different types of scams reported recently include: Scammers are targeting people based on foreign-sounding names or based on information …
#1 of 11 Million–Is Obama Serious About Immigration Reform?
Despite the relief that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, brought to thousands of young American immigrants in 2012, some 11 million immigrants in the United States remain undocumented today due to gaps and inconsistencies in our immigration system. They live in fear each day that immigration officials will deport them due only to their lack of status and take them their …
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND DUIs
DUI is a common crime that could tank your chances at lawful immigration status. When it comes to immigration and criminal offenses, many people think that violent crimes, drug offenses, and gun crimes will harm your chances of getting lawful status the most. But one crime that has been creeping up as a major road block to achieving lawful status …
Obama Can Fix Some Immigration Problems
From my Editorial in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on August 1, 2014 President Obama has been timid, at best, in using his executive powers to alleviate the current immigration crisis, preferring to wait for what can only be described as a Unicorn– bi-partisan immigration reform. Recently, the President indicated that he is ready to use this practical tool to inject …
14 Changes Obama Can Make to “Fix” The Broken Immigration System Now.
A group of immigration attorneys and others interested in immigration have been brainstorming about what President Obama could do to “fix” some of the problems in our broken immigration system. These are some of the smartest, most forward thinking individuals I know in the area of immigration law. Their ideas are specific, detailed, and easy to implement These ideas involve …