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The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly extending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 60,000 Haitians who were displaced by the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, according to a report in the Miami Herald. Federal officials are expected to...
Over the past year or so, this blog has discussed a variety of issues concerning deportation and removal proceedings in immigration court. The topic has arisen in the context of the administration's policy of prosecutorial discretion in deportation cases. The Secure...
In the last post, this blog began a discussion of Monday's rulings from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on two of Florida's neighboring states' immigration laws. Florida is one of three states that are covered under the 11th circuit. The last entry...
On August 1, this blog discussed the plight of a woman who lives in the Midwest who was about to lose her legal status in the United States. The woman has been in the country since she was a small child on her parents' E-2 investor's visas. The young woman's legal...
With today's launch of the deferred action program that may allow specified undocumented immigrants to apply for a two-year temporary work permit, the federal government says that immigration officials will be scrutinizing applications for fraud. This blog has...
The federal government says that August 15 is the date on which applications will first be accepted in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The DACA program was first announced June 15. In the roughly two months since the president announced that he was...
The first six months of 2012 saw fewer individual state laws passed that involve immigration issues. New immigration laws enacted at the state level were down roughly 20 percent from the number of laws and resolution concerning immigration issues that were passed in...
In the last post, this blog opened a discussion of recent data showing an increasing backlog in deportation proceedings in immigration courts. The federal government blames the data used by TRAC at Syracuse University for the perception that deportation cases keep...
A U.S. Representative from the Midwest says that a lawsuit challenging President Obama's shift in immigration policy for young undocumented immigrants could be filed in a few weeks. The lawmaker seeks to challenge the legal authority of the administration's policy on...
A same-sex couple is bringing federal litigation, seeking to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act in an immigration case. The couple is comprised of a Filipino woman who is facing deportation and her American wife. The two were married in 2008. The two have now filed...
