Last week, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted on amendments that would cancel many of the protections offered to undocumented immigrants by President Obama’s immigration orders. House members voted to add the amendments to a $40 billion spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The amendments approved by the House were prompted by […]
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen has scheduled the first hearing for the states’ immigration lawsuit against President Barack Obama for January 15 at 10 a.m. in Brownsville, Texas. The attorneys general of 24 states filed the immigration lawsuit to block President Obama’s executive orders that would suspend the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. […]
A federal judge blocked an Arizona immigration law that allowed illegal immigrants to be prosecuted for identity theft. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell ruled that the state must immediately stop prosecuting undocumented workers for identity theft as part of the state’s strict Arizona immigration law campaigns. Judge Campbell stated that an illegal immigrant does […]
A federal judge recently dismissed an Arizona immigration lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and conservative activist Larry Klayman. The suit claimed that President Barack Obama overstepped his constitutional authority in his recent changes to immigration policies. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, threw out the Arizona immigration lawsuit and disputed […]
A federal judge in Pennsylvania issued a 38-page memo that declared President Obama’s changes in immigration policies unconstitutional. Judge Arthur Schwab’s remarks on the the President’s immigration policies stemmed from a case involving a Honduran immigrant who had been deported in 2005, but returned to the U.S. and was subsequently arrested on drunk driving charges. […]
The news of President Obama’s executive orders regarding immigration reform has sparked attention from law enforcement agencies across the country. While law enforcement officials in some states have pursued aggressive policies toward undocumented immigrants, others view the President’s actions as an opportunity to create a dialogue between their offices and community groups. Immigration reform was […]
Este pasado 20 de Noviembre de 2014, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anuncio su nuevo plan para afrontar los problemas de inmigración de este país. El discurso ha incitado críticas negativas y constructivas de parte de diferentes miembros de la prensa y políticos del país. Sin embargo, el discurso ha demostrado el […]
Several Republican state governors and attorneys general are considering immigration lawsuits to challenge President Obama’s executive order. The executive order would allow immigrants who have been in the country illegally for more than five years and have children who are citizens or legal residents to apply for work permits. The executive order would protect as many […]
A U.S. citizen born in Jamaica is suing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency for holding him as an immigration detainee and preparing deportation proceedings against him. Davino Watson, who became a citizen in 2002, was held for more than three years before federal officials released him in 2011. Numerous other former immigration detainees, […]
A major issue in this week’s midterm elections is immigration reform. The immigration reform issue not only affects the Southwestern states, but nearly every state in the Union. Candidates on both sides of the aisle have made immigration reform part of their talking points. While some have attempted to entice Latino voters with their stances, […]