US Immigration

Some immigration advocates believe that if President Obama is not re-elected, immigrants in general and Latinos, in particular, may suffer under the administration of Mitt Romney. According to Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Munoz, Latinos would suffer if President Obama is not re-elected. Munoz is the highest-ranking woman is Hispanic descent […]

To work in the US, immigrants require a green card or employment authorization. Undocumented immigrants sometimes use identities stolen from others in order to gain employment authorization. While identity theft is a concern for many who live in the US, a recent case shows that those who have passed away may also be victims of

A possible $889 million contract has been considered for some time. The contract was to offer biometric capture services for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. That contract has been won by U.S. Investigations Services’ Professional Services Division Inc. (USIS PSD). The Homeland Security Department’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offered the one-year contract, which

The US accepts immigrants from a wide range of economic backgrounds. Some arrive in the US with very little and are granted refugee or asylum status. Some are middle class and arrive because they have skills that employers need – or family who are US citizens. However, there are also people who arrive in the

The deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program has received a lot of attention, and much of the focus has been on students who can use the program to avoid deportation for up to two years while getting work authorization. Under DACA, qualified young adults who were brought into the country as young children will

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has filed a lawsuit on behalf of ten immigration agents which challenges President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. DACA defers deportation action against qualified young undocumented immigrants for two years. Qualified undocumented immigrants will need to meet a number of qualifications to be eligible for

The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is a coalition of thirty groups. The organization has released a platform and a list of demands for immigration reform, outlining what political parties should do to attract Hispanic voters. The demands made for immigration reform are raising some eyebrows and creating some ire, since some critics feel that the

Republican Senator Scott Brown and Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren may agree that the immigration system needs changes, but the two have widely different ideas as to how immigration issues should be handled. While both agree that more should be done to keep skilled immigrants in the country to help the economy, they disagree strongly when

President Obama has received much support and praise for his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. DACA permits qualified undocumented immigrants to apply for deferral of deportation. Those who successfully apply will be free from the risk of deportation for two years and may get work authorization to work in the US as well.

A court battle over a 2006 law in Hazleton City continues. In 2006, the Illegal Immigration Relief Act was passed but now the law – as well as the city’s rental registration ordinance — are under fire and attorneys are considering related legal battles from Farmers Branch, Texas and from Arizona as they consider the