President Obama has hinted that he intends to allow the passage of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform without waiting for the approval of Congress, despite the fact that earlier this fall, the President stated that he would wait to push forward an immigration policy. At that time he stated he felt it might interfere with the...Read More
On Wednesday, President Obama spoke at a news conference, following the mid-term elections that took place the previous day. In his statements, the President continued to pledge his support for an Immigration Reform and vowed that he would continue to put forward action to achieve that end. At the news conference, President Obama told the...Read More
Alan Long, former mayor of Murrieta, California was charged last week with driving while intoxicated and causing bodily injury. He was forced to resign from his post as mayor, following the arrest. Murrieta, located in Southern California was in the headlines recently, when the surge of undocumented individuals, many of them children and women, crossed...Read More
The rampage of shooting that took place last Friday in Northern California ended tragically with the loss of two police officers and injury to a third officer. A fourth civilian was also shot and injured in this shoot out that lasted for six hours and took place between two Northern California counties before the suspect...Read More
Josh Earnest, press secretary for the White House announced on Wednesday that they would be “surprised” if Republicans tried to block any executive decision regarding Comprehensive Immigration Reform that will be proposed in the near future. He likened the issue to the government shutdown last year where he contends that nothing if anything was gained...Read More
Dario Guerrero, a junior at Harvard University made a rash decision to leave the United States to travel to Mexico, his country of birth, to bring his dying mother home to Mexico. Dario came to the United States when he was only 2 years old and moved to California with his family. They arrived on...Read More
Recently, President Obama met with reporter Chuck Todd, in an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, and discussed his executive decision that has delayed the legislation on the Immigration Reform from passing. The President commented on the recent surge of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Mexican border into the United States. He asserts that this...Read More
Most of the children from Central America who have crossed the border in the southwest recently have found themselves at a major disadvantage as they have not had the opportunity to have a lawyer represent them in removal proceedingsbefore the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice, Executive Office...Read More
This week several legal groups reported that female detainees at an immigration facility in Karnes City, Texas were harassed and sexually abused at the hands of the employees of the facility. These women were detained for violating the immigration laws by unlawfully crossing into the United States across the Texas border. Last August, marked a...Read More
By now, we all remember that President Obama used his executive powers to announce and implement the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) back in June 2012. DACA beneficiaries are able to legally remain in the United States without fear of deportation proceedings against them and are also eligible to legally work as well through...Read More