The first category of individuals who will benefit from the new policy are those who would have been eligible to adjust their status under the DREAM ACT, which has not been passed by Congress Dream Act Law The following article is offered in order to dispel rampant rumor and misinformation regarding the [...]
En la Reforma Inmigratoria y las fracasos repetidos del Congreso de aprobar ACTA PARA UN SUENO, esta reforma póliza administrativa llega como una Bienvenida sorpresa. En el viernes 15 de Junio del 2012, El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) Secretaria Janet Napolitano anuncio que DHS puede considerar dar la concesión a el [...]
For many immigrants living in the United States having a legal permanent resident status may not necessarily give them a lot of comfort. This is because more and more, legal residents are facing deportation for minor crimes. In 1988, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act was enacted. The law specified that any immigrant who was convicted of an aggravated [...]
Many immigrants living in the Los Angeles area without proper documentation can feel like they have limited rights when it comes to employment. They might fear speaking out about unfair working situations because they worry about being identified as being in the country illegally and threatened with deportation. This fear didn’t stop one woman from [...]
Imagine visiting a hospital in Los Angeles for medical treatment and waking up in another country. Sound like something from a work of fiction? For at least one man who was a former resident of the United States, this nightmare became a reality. The 69-year-old man was deported though a little-known about process called medical [...]
As civil servants, immigration officials in the Los Angeles area are charged with conducting themselves in a manner that is respectable and fair. Immigration officers may have a wide range of tasks assigned to them, but they typically advise immigrants on the law regarding entering and living in the United States. They may also have [...]
While new immigration reform has made a lot of changes for the better for immigrants in the Los Angeles area, there is still a long way to go. This is especially true for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community who would like to see the same rights extended to them as [...]
According to current immigration law, if an immigrant enters the country legally and marries a U.S. Citizen, that immigrant is allowed to become a legal resident of the United States. This is accomplished when the citizen spouse files a petition in behalf of his or her immigrant spouse who obtains a spouse visa. But what happens [...]
A proposal by the city of Los Angeles to reform their library cards would give illegal immigrants the ability to use the card to open a bank account, use a debit card, transfer funds (both domestically and internationally) and utilize direct deposit for their paychecks. While this card would not protect undocumented immigrants from deportation [...]
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