The ultimate goal of the U-Visa is to provide for the protection of the victims of serious crimes and assist in the prosecution of the perpetrators by encouraging voluntary cooperation with law enforcement to resolve investigations.
Americans have long seen George Washington, first president of the United States, as a defender of political liberty and independence, and founder of this nation. He merits, however, to also be acknowledged as a proponent of individual religious liberty.
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has had an instrumental effect on immigration law through his participation in various landmark cases.
USCIS announced on May 5, 2010 that DHS will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Nicaragua and Honduras. Under this extension, the current expiration date of July 5, 2010 has been extended until January 5, 2012.
Changes for young adults, small business owners, workers in large companies, low-income earners, pre-existing conditions and for the elderly will occur within the new healthcare reform. ALL of these groups have parents, children, siblings or grandchildren who will be affected within the immigrant nuclear family.
May Day (May 1) is not a holiday usually celebrated in the United States, yet it has significance for Americans because of the reform efforts in the United States to demand equality in the work force.
HEALTH CARE REFORM (HR 3590) AND ITS EFFECT ON IMMIGRANTS Under the new health care reform, undocumented immigrants will get no federal coverage, nor will they be able to purchase private health care insurance even at full cost. They are not eligible for premium tax credits or cost sharing reductions, nor are they eligible for […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSpeDTTCVw] Frighteningly antiquated laws have been proposed in Arizona state legislature that are as oppressive as they are unconstitutional. S.B. 1070 includes clauses that would require officials to check the status of a person they deemed “reasonably suspicious” without any regulation or monitoring. Such a clause not only encourages racial profiling, but it also forces […]
Many children of immigrants came to the U.S. at a young age and were educated through the American public school system. Is it right to deny them the opportunities that are taken for granted by everyone else?
What are the psychological effects on tens of thousands of children of whom 50% were under the age of 5 when their lawful permanent resident parent was deported?
