The news since last year has been inundated with stories about children crossing the US/Mexico border unaccompanied. This surge, as it has been called, created a need for places to house the children and lawyers to defend them. So how many of those children have actually been allowed to stay in America? And what factors […]
The American Immigration Council recently issued a special entitled, “Mexican and Central American Asylum and Credible Fear Claims: Background and Context.” This timely report discusses the current rhetoric surrounding the credible fear process and the state of the U.S. asylum system. Specifically, the report examines the legitimacy of credible fear claims based on situations of […]
By: Denise Ferrufino* The number of deportations executed throughout the Obama administration has exceeded the ones from previous years, and it is creating a devastating effect on the families of Mexican immigrants. In 2010, the Department of Homeland Security reported that there was an estimated population of 6, 640,000 unauthorized Mexican immigrants. Out of this […]
By: Margarita Baldwin* In a recent case by BIA, Matter of O. Vazquez, 25 I &N Dec. 817 (BIA 2012) the Board explained the “sought to acquire” provision of section 203(h)(1)(A) of INA, 8U.S.C. § 1153(h)(1)(A) (2006), which is a part of Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), Pub. L. No. 107-208 (Aug.6, 2002). The provision […]
A brief article regarding the travel warning issued by the U.S. Department of State affecting U.S. Citizens traveling and living in Mexico.
A brief article describing the recent drop in the illegal immigration population in the United States.
SB 1070, an immigration law signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer in April 2010, continues to cause uproar across the country, having far reaching social, legal and economic consequences on the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. Like an iceberg, the tip above is far smaller than the underlying ice below. Many protests, lawsuits […]
