Confusion is rife when it comes to the topic of unlawful presence in the United States, as is on how long an offending alien has to wait before re-entering the United States. At the most basic level, an alien is unlawfully present when they have entered the United...
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Month: January 2013
End of 287(g) and the Rise of Secure Communities
On December 21st 2012, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced the end of the 287(g) program. What does this mean for you? First, a review of what the 287(g) program was, and second, what will ICE replace it with? The 287(g) program allowed ICE to...
STATESIDE WAIVER TO BECOME A REALITY
DHS Secretary Janet Naplitano announced today the posting of a final rule in the Federal Register concerning the provisional or stateside waiver process that we had written about earlier. Under this new process--which will become effective March 4, 2013--waivers of...
Is It Better To ACHIEVE or to DREAM?
Is it better to Achieve, or to Dream? That is a question that was raised late last year by Senators Hutchison, Kyl, and McCain. They introduced the Achieve Act, which acts as a counter-offer to the Democrats' Dream Act. Both Acts seek to offer legal status to illegal...