• Comprehensive Immigration Reform: A Comparison of the Obama and Bipartisan Senators’ Plan

    • February 11, 2013
    • Category: General
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    We have had some exciting news on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform front recently.  Both President Obama and the ‘Gang of Eight’ bipartisan senators have released their plans for reform.  So far, these are only a set of principles or plans and none of this is law or policy just yet.  Both plans have similarities and

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  • Obama Reaffirms Position on Deferred Action; takes swipe at Romney

    • July 18, 2012
    • Category: Deferred Action, Obama, Romney
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    President Obama on July 17, 2012, gave a speech in San Antonio, Texas.  He reaffirmed his commitment to Deferred Action and also took a swipe at Romney.

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  • Deferred Action has its detractors

    • July 11, 2012
    • Category: Deferred Action, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Mayorkas, Morton, Rep. Lamar Smith
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    The new Deferred Action policy directive from the Obama Administration certainly has opposition. 

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  • Will We Have a Version of the DREAM Act This Year?

    • May 10, 2012
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Dream Act, Obama, Rubio
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      Will we have a version of the DREAM Act this year?  I would say yes.  And here is why:

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  • U.S. Squares Off Against Arizona at Supreme Court Over Immigration Law

    • April 25, 2012
    • Category: Arizona, Immigration Reform, Obama, State Laws
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      The Obama Administration squared off against  the State of Arizona at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday April 25, 2012 over Arizona’s disputed immigration enforcement law.

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  • U.S. Passport Card Application Now Online

    • March 7, 2012
    • Category: Obama, Passport Card, State Department
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      The U.S. Department of State has announced that it is conducting a limited pilot program allowing U.S. citizens to apply online for a U.S. passport card.

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  • Executive Order Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals

    • January 19, 2012
    • Category: DHS, Global Entry, Obama
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      President Obama today issued an Executive Order to improve visa and foreign visitor processing and travel promotion in order to create jobs and spur economic growth in the United States. 

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  • Commentary on new Proposed Rule by USCIS to Unify Families Faster

    • January 6, 2012
    • Category: Parole in Place, Reform, Waivers
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      USCIS has made an announcement that it seeks to seeks to unify families faster by allowing potential immigrants who are the spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for waivers of the unlawful presence bars while in the United States rather than waiting for the decisions of these waivers outside the country.  See 

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  • USCIS SEEKS TO UNIFY FAMILIES FASTER

    • January 6, 2012
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform, Obama, Waivers
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      The American Immgration Council reports that the administration today has taken  an important step toward fixing one of the most notorious problems with our broken immigration system—the 3 and 10 year bars. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it was filing a notice of intent to change a rule which

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  • Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012

    • December 25, 2011
    • Category: 245(i), Border Security, Deportation, Dream Act, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Morton, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Reform, Secure Communities, Sheriff Arpaio, Start Up Visa Act
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      Here is my Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012:

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