The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Monday that local law enforcement cannot keep people in custody solely at the request of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The practice, often known as an "ICE detainer," enabled federal authorities to take a longer look at the immigration status of people whom they suspect might be in the [...]
Recently there have been some issues arising regarding DUI charges and an individual's immigration status. Unauthorized immigrants who are "habitual drunkards" cannot challenge their deportations on grounds of family hardship, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, rejecting an earlier decision that had declared such legal objections unconstitutional. Federal law allows immigrants who entered the country [...]
Hay muchos clientes que nos han preguntado muchas cosas sobre este tópico, pero hoy queremos hablar sobre una sola pregunta. ¿Qué hago si un agente de inmigración se acerca a mi puerta? Primeramente, tientes que entender que usted tiene derechos legales en este país. No importa si tienes documentos legales o no. Si un agente [...]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Scam artists have taken their identity theft to the next level. They are calling victims across the country claiming that they work for "U.S. Immigration," asking for personal information, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general warned. The scam artists are using a technique known as spoofing, which basically means they alter their [...]
Wet Foot, Dry Foot Washington - President Barack Obama is ending the established "wet foot, dry foot policy" that permits Cubans to enter to the United States without a visa to become permanent residents, the administration declared Thursday. "By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants equally as we have a tendency to treat [...]
Immigration attorney - Rivera Law Offices As of December 23, 2016 the United States Immigration and Customs (USCIS) has updated the Immigration Applications. Not only have they updated the applications, but they have also raised their application fees. USCIS has published an updated list of all of the fees and costs for the cases. USCIS [...]
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Temporary Protected Status is not given to the citizens of every country. The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate for a country to be eligible for TPS under the following conditions: •Ongoing armed conflicts •An environmental disaster (such as an earthquake or hurricane), or an epidemic •Other extraordinary and temporary conditions [...]
Migrant Working Family Flores was born in the great state of Texas; his father was a Texan and his mother was a Mexican. He grew up in a very segregated community in southern Texas, approximately 15 miles from the Mexican border. He spoke only Spanish until he started school at 7 years old. His father [...]
Haitian Nationals In The U.S. After the Earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, U.S Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) temporarily ceased removing Haitians from the United States. Yesterday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted a press release explaining that on September 21, 2016 the DOHS decided to resume the regular removal of Haitian [...]
What happened that day? On June 25, eleven Cubans on an old wooden boat tried to reach South Florida, as three law enforcement agencies chased them down at sea. In the air there was a chopper recording everything; showing the rest of the world what happened that day. Before the immigrants could make it to land, [...]
