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In Pasadena, California earlier this week a fraudulent immigration scheme was uncovered when a father and daughter were arrested for arranging fake marriages for immigration purposes. The father and daughter pair are alleged to have been involved in arranging more than 70 fake marriages, as far back as 2006 to the present year. The father,...Read More

The United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report this week condemning the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its treatment of immigrants being kept in detention facilities around the country. The Commission is comprised of eight independent members with a bipartisan agenda. The Commission’s report harshly criticized the prison-like facilities where detainees...Read More

At the time the terrorist attacks on the United States took place at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., immigration was under the purview of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Immigration and Nationality Service, better known as INS. Because all of the terrorists were foreign nationals, from...Read More

According to the latest bill being promulgated by the U.S. Senate, Republican lawmakers, including Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona, are pressuring Congress to take immediate action to expedite the deportation of many undocumented individuals present in the United States who have a criminal history. Undocumented individuals with an arrest history or have...Read More

More than 35,000 Cubans living in the United States with deportation orders could be actually deported to Cuba with the relations between Cuba and the United States warming up. According to the U.S. government, deportation orders have been issued to over 35,000 Cubans, almost all on orders of supervision and not in custody. Currently, Cuba...Read More

Undocumented immigrants are integrated into every part of American society. While some argue we should remove such immigrants, and others argue they should have equal entitlement to the American Dream, there lies another issue when these cases involve young people hoping to receive a higher education. The reason for dilemma is a combination of a...Read More

The White House has released a set of recommendations the administration believes will improve the Nation’s immigration system. One of the recommendations involves the Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin is a document issued each month by the State Department that informs of the current visa processing dates for the various types of visas which include...Read More

Will the shooting of an innocent young woman in San Francisco by an undocumented immigrant become a “game-changer” for the immigration debate throughout the United States and by our law-makers? Before the shooting, many states had been moving toward more liberal policies for the undocumented. These included allowing for state issued identification cards, driver’s licenses,...Read More

In 2007, during his presidential campaign, President Obama spoke out for the rights of undocumented individuals present in the country. He clearly stated to CNN in March of the same year that families who were hiding in the shadows because of their immigration status, needed to be brought out into the open. To that end...Read More

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA was signed into law by President Obama in June of 2012. The Deferment provides relief from deportation or removal to millions of undocumented individuals who are living in the United States but entered before their 16th birthday. The original plan was designed to include individuals from...Read More