Legal and Illegal Immigrants Vulnerable to Fraud: Beware Notarios and Other Unlicensed Immigration Advice
No part of American society or our economy is more vulnerable than immigrants. For undocumented workers, low wages and zero benefits are the norm, work is hard, and a broken taillight can mean ICE detention and a one-way ticket to desolate Presidio, Texas. Even for lawful permanent residents, a drug charge or a bar fight—simple [...]
Rep. Gutierrez Introduces Bill for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Help for Illegal Aliens
With a light—albeit a dim one—at the end of the healthcare reform tunnel, the Obama Administration and its allies in Congress have begun setting the stage for comprehensive immigration reform in 2010. Mounting support in Congress, a groundswell of immigrant advocates, and a new bill introduced Wednesday all bode well for major reform next year. [...]
Change of Address Important for Illegal Aliens, Legal Residents
People change their residence frequently in the United States, on average about every five years. With so much new housing capacity in Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada leads the nation with nearly 42 percent of its housing units occupied by new residents since 2000. Though this itinerancy may signal Americans seeking new prosperity, immigrants who [...]
Important News for Immigrants from the Middle East
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were a watershed in many realms of U.S. policy, and this is nowhere more evident than in the field of immigration law. Screening foreign visitors to the United States has become a chief focus of national security efforts, and programs like the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS, [...]
Healthcare Update on the Fate of Illegal Aliens
Previous posts have given a lot of attention to the battle over reforming the nation’s healthcare system, since movement on comprehensive immigration reform is highly unlikely until the healthcare debate wraps up. In particular, we have focused on the issue of undocumented immigrants in a reformed healthcare system. Yesterday the Associated Press reported that, though [...]
Holiday Travel Part II: Mexico
As a brief addendum to our previous post on immigrants traveling during the holidays, we wanted to add a note on travel to Mexico. Due to the extremely high volume of traffic to Mexico during the holidays, the Customs and Border Patrol agency in San Diego has requested that individuals planning to enter Mexico using [...]