In light of Congressional intransigence to move forward on passing comprehensive immigration reform, President Obama recently announced that he will take unilateral action to address the plight of millions of undocumented aliens here in the United States. An...
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Can New Jersey Undocumented Aliens Hope For A New Immigration Law in 2014?
Late last week, the Republican Party finally released their much-anticipated list of principles regarding immigration reform, which the GOP was reluctant to grapple with last year. It is a one page document entitled "Standards for Immigration Reform" and arguably...
New USCIS Parole In Place Memo May Help Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Apply for Green Card
A very important USCIS Policy Memorandum (PM-602-0091) was issued on November 15, 2013 that for inexplicable reasons, has not received much attention, although it potentially affects thousands of undocumented or "illegal" aliens throughout the United States. The...
Does The New Immigration Law Contain Any Changes To The Waiver Process?
Last week saw the introduction of a new immigration bill H.R. 3431 (entitled "American Families United Act"). A bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) and Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), it surprisingly has not received as much attention as one would...
What is the new immigration bill in the House about?
The "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act": A Constructive Step Forward for Comprehensive Immigration ReformOn October 2nd, 2013, in the midst of the chaos that has loomed over the country's capital these past two weeks with the...
Relief for Immigrant Women?
At this juncture, the prospect of a comprehensive immigration reform bill is rapidly evaporating with the summer; after sweeping through the Senate with a strong majority, immigration legislation is now stalled in the House, which plans on addressing our broken system...
A Look At DACA One Year Later
Time flies. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) has recently celebrated its one year anniversary already. An approved DACA application brings with it temporary protected legal status and work authorization. The requirements are as follows:· That...
Immigration Reform Ever Fluid And In Flux
Immigration Reform has passed the Senate, and now it only needs to pass the House. If the last presidential election has taught us anything, it is that the Hispanic community cannot be ignored. Their numbers are growing, and with it their political pull. Without that...
New Immigration Ruling May Provide Relief to Gays and Lesbians in New Jersey
In addition to USCIS's implementation of the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), an appellate judicial board has further confirmed that Section 3 of DOMA is no longer a barrier to receiving federal immigration benefits. In Matter of...
Senate Approves New Immigration Bill
Last week saw two major new developments in immigration law. One was the passage of Bill S744 by the Senate, which offers an eventual pathway to citizenship for the millions of people out of status. The second equally, if not arguably more important, newsworthy item...