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, [...]
Boynton Beach Less then a month ago Boynton Beach decided to extend its red-light program for another five years. But, this last Thursday Boynton Beach City Commissioners decided to end the program starting the new year. Boynton Beach is the only department in Palm Beach County that still enforces this program. There are those who [...]
Freezing, Overcrowded, and Filthy CBP Cells Last week different sources publicly announced some of the horrors that immigrants go through in Border Patrol facilities. These immigrants were put in freezing concrete cells and given Mylar Sheets to keep them warm. These confinement cells were overcrowded and filthy with garbage, dirt, and even human waste! The [...]
What Happened in 1988? Johnny Small was only 16 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison in the year 1989. In 1988 15 year-old Small was accused of murdering a 32 year-old woman named Pam Dreher, she was found dead in Tropical Paradise, the pet store she owned in Wilmington. She was [...]
Provisional Wavier Process U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a ruling which allows for specific individuals who are family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs), and who are eligable for immigrant visas, to more easily navigate the immigration process. The provisional wavier process is the next step that allows for [...]
