Updated FAQs on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals USCIS recently updated their FAQs on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. To see the updated FAQs you can click here. It touches upon the commonly asked question of whether a person granted deferred action can travel and other questi...
Obama Policy on Young Immigrants Creates 800,000 Dreams – Businessweek This article from Bloomberg Businessweek highlights a typical DREAMer, Carolina Canizales. I thought the article put it well when the DREAMer described herself as living in “limbo.” The new policy announced by President Bara...
What A Business Needs to Know About Immigration and Visas The world is in a constant state of change, which we know already, but these days with immigration law constantly changing and making headlines, it's important to go back to the basics when it comes to visas and immigration in the world ...
Deferred Action for DREAMers FAQs On June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security released the following FAQs on its newly announced deferred action program for individuals who came to the United States as Children. Effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United ...
State Driver's License Requirements for DREAMers The American Immigration Lawyers Association compiled a nice chart of state driver's license requirements to assist DREAMers who have obtained a grant of Deferred Action. For those in Virginia, the DMV has already stated it will grant driver's lic...
New Study Says DREAM Act Would Boost US Economy According to an article in USA Today, a new study by the Center for American Progress, started by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, examined the positive economic impacts of a DREAM Act. The study estimates that the economic benefits include adding...
Romney Would not Grant NEW Deferred Action Applications I noted in a previous post on October 2, 2012, that presidential candidate Romney stated he would not take away deferred action status from DREAMers who have been granted it. According to reports, the next day he clarified that while he wo...
The Effect of Cutting DACA
Why Should You Obtain a Lawyer for Your Immigration Needs? Immigration can be a tricky process even for the most straight-forward applications and people that are looking to call the U.S. their temporary or permanent home, for whatever reason. If you are debating between obtaining an attorney ...
Virginia DMV Will Grant Driver's License to DREAMers Granted Deferred Action In response to a written inquiry from the Virginia American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles confirmed that it will allow those granted Deferred Action status to get a driver's licens...
Nebraska Will Not Issue Driver's Licenses to Those Granted Deferred Action Joining Arizona, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman just announced that his state will not be issuing driver's licenses to those DREAMers granted deferred action. What is interesting is that the federal REAL ID Act specifica...
Evangelicals Preach Unity On Immigration Reform : NPR Evangelicals Preach Unity On Immigration Reform : NPR. NPR did a piece on evangelical leaders coming together to advocate for immigration reform. Many of these evangelicals have come together before on other social issues, such as abortion. ...
USCIS Only Approves 29 Deferred Action Applications The New York Times recently reported that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has only approved 29 of the more than 100,000 applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), with more than 63,000 in the final stages o...
