Permanent Resident from Mexico Changes Green Card for Voter Card, Joins La Lucha for Immigration Reform
A 29-year-old man from Mexico whom we will call “Julio” says he has never been a political person. Julio became a lawful permanent resident in 1999, and he has spent the last eleven years living a quiet life, avoiding conflict and working hard to make a better life for his two children than he had [...]
New Immigrants Reshape Nevada Communities, Enrich Culture, Seek Legal Status
A recent feature piece in the New York Times observes the shifting makeup of many urban communities in the United States. Even in mostly rural states like Nevada, neighborhoods such as Reno’s “Little Italy” are reminders of the importance of immigrants across our country and throughout our history. While the 1800s saw the immigration of [...]
Politics, Police Increase Pressure on Illegal Aliens — Advice from our Immigration Lawyer
If our readers will forgive us for stating the obvious, the immigrant community — in particular unauthorized immigrants — are feeling increased pressure from multiple sources. One source is political, with Republicans and other conservatives calling for increased border security as a precondition to any immigration reform. In hopes of appeasing this political element, President [...]
Winnemucca Man Gets I-601 Waiver Approval from Mexico, Green Card to Follow
More good news from our Nevada immigration law offices: we helped a couple from the Winnemucca area of Nevada gain approval for an I-601 Waiver of Inadmissibility. “Fidel,” the husband, had entered without inspection into the United States when he was 16 years old. Because he had accrued more than one year of unlawful presence [...]
Immigration Attorney Gets Green Card, Travel Permission for Las Vegas Woman
A woman was able to visit her ill mother in the hospital in the Mexican state of Jalisco and return to the United States with a Green Card awaiting her, after she sought help from our Nevada immigration lawyer. “Luz,” who entered the United States on a B-1/B-2 visa several years ago from Mexico and [...]
Nevadans Undecided as Angle Flops, Reid Steers Toward DREAM Act
This year was supposed to be the end of Sen. Harry Reid, according to the conventional wisdom in American politics. Reid, who is seeking his fifth six-year term in the U.S. Senate, has narrowly won several previous re-election races and has been targeted by the Republican establishment as their top target in the 2010 elections. [...]
Looking to the New Visa Bulletin, Henderson Illegal Aliens Ask Family About Old Petitions
At the end of July, the remaining provisions of Arizona’s infamous immigration law went into effect, and according to reports hundreds of immigrant families are relocating to nearby states with more moderate enforcement schemes. Whether their travels take them to California and the Bay Area, north to Colorado, or just across the river to Nevada’s [...]
Speaking to Las Vegas Hispanics, Reid Shows Latinos his Dedication to Immigration Reform
Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid, who is in a tight race for re-election against a right-wing Republican, spoke to Hispanic activists yesterday at an event about immigration in Las Vegas. In response to a question about immigration policy, Reid opined that he doesn’t understand how any Hispanic voter could be a Republican, given the party’s support [...]
Latino Voters in Nevada Cringe as Sharron Angle Attacks Children of Undocumented Workers
Since narrowly capturing the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) in November’s election, Sharron Angle has been thrust from the local talk-radio circuit into the national spotlight, and there have been some growing pains with regard to her messaging. One gaffe has followed another as she has struggled to build a relationship with [...]
Nevada Illegal Alien Students Spared from Deportation
As the nation grapples with the difficult issue of revising its immigration laws, the Obama Administration has made some gestures toward a kinder, gentler immigration policy to help protect those aliens most vulnerable to the current system’s idiosyncrasies. Military families have quietly been given preferential treatment, and there is growing evidence that young people — [...]
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