…administration to find permanent solutions for the millions of individuals who live under the constant fear of being separated from their family members and loved ones. Photo by Victoria Pickering….
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…Immigrants can currently avoid being deemed a public charge if their sponsor—often a family member with U.S. citizenship or a green card—submits an “affidavit of support” agreeing to financially support…
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…for an interview, detailed memories fade, supporting documents get lost, corroborating witnesses become harder to find, and evidence grows stale. Long delays also prevent family members from reuniting in safety…
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…changes to long-standing family-based immigration categories, and ending the diversity visa program. However, when asked by Senator Feinstein (D-CA) on whether he would agree to a “clean DACA bill now…
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…humanitarian protections, like refugee and asylum status, promoting citizenship, and processing family and employment-based applications for lawful permanent residents. Sadly, this move sets the stage for viewing would-be refugees, asylum…
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…deport less than 4 percent of the undocumented population and a long precedent of protecting those with equities from deportation, like long term residents and individuals with family ties. Long…
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…has been some progress. In November 2013, Secretary Johnson announced new policies to protect certain family members of the U.S. military and of those seeking to enlist. But there is…
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…return to his hideaway, where Kennedy explained to him why he equated the immigration bill with the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964—and showed him memorabilia of the Kennedy family….
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…added to the law in Title III. After that, Title II, which encompasses both legalization and changes to legal immigration, including family issues and a new merit-based point system, will…
Read More…we may need to put political differences aside for the sake of family, friends, and pumpkin pie. But when you work in immigration, people inevitably bring the topic up and…
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