Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Frequently Asked Questions on Childhood Arrivals Frequently Asked Questions on Childhood Arrivals

Over the past three years, this Administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort... 

Young immigrants poised to apply for temporary deportation exemption Young immigrants poised to apply for temporary deportation exemption

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Deferred Action for Certain Young Immigrants Deferred Action for Certain Young Immigrants

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After facing deportation (partly because of a fish), immigrant gets word he can stay After facing deportation (partly because of a fish), immigrant gets word he can stay

By Dave Harmon | Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 01:05 PM This is a story about a fish... 

Austin police chief, key legislators want special driver’s permits for undocumented immigrants Austin police chief, key legislators want special driver’s permits for undocumented immigrants

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The Conditional Waiver for Unlawful Presence The Conditional Waiver for Unlawful Presence

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My Thoughts

El Norte March 2013 El Norte March 2013

What a wonderful immigration world we live in 2013! Hope for a reform is on the... 

El Norte February El Norte February

Reporte de Tomas Esparza Y JACQUELINE L. WATSON, FEBRUARY 2013. ABOGADOS ESPECIALIZADOS... 

Important Message from Tom Esparza on the Dream Act Important Message from Tom Esparza on the Dream Act

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NO Solicite todavia NO Solicite todavia

A principios de 2012, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas... 

Don’t Apply Just Yet Don’t Apply Just Yet

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“A good immigration lawyer should be able to give you an honest and thorough assessment of your case and be able to explain the options that are available to you based on not only the current law, but changes that are in the legislative and judicial pipeline at any given time. He should tell you the bad parts of your case as well as the good. If it can’t be done, he should say so.”

 

“Un buen abogado de inmigración debe poder darle una accesoria completa y honesta en relación a su caso y ser capaz de explicarle las opciones que tiene disponibles basadas no solo en las leyes corrientes, pero también en los cambios hechos en el proceso legislativo y judicial en cualquier momento dado. El deberia decirle lo bueno y lo malo de su caso. Si no se puede hacer nada, deberia decirselo.”

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The proceedings of the Immigration and Naturalization Service are notorious for delay, and the opinions rendered by its judicial officers, including the members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, often flunk minimum standards of adjudicative rationality. (citations omitted) The lodgment of this troubled Service in the Department of Justice of a nation that was built by immigrants and continues to be enriched by a flow of immigration is an irony that should not escape notice.

Salameda v.INS. 70 F.3d 447, 449 (7th Cir 1995)

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We have had occasion to note the striking resemblance between some of the laws we are called upon to interpret and King Minos’s labyrinth in ancient Crete. The Tax Laws and the Immigration and Nationality Acts are examples we have cited of Congress’s ingenuity in passing statutes certain to accelerate the aging process of judges. In this instance, Congress, pursuant to its virtually unfettered power to exclude or deport natives of other countries, and apparently confident of the aphorism that human skill, properly applied, can resolve any enigma that human inventiveness can create, has enacted a baffling skein of provisions for the I.N.S. and courts to disentangle. The fate of the alien faced with imminent deportation often hinges upon narrow issues of statutory interpretation. The instant petition, which requires us to determine whether the petitioner is ineligible for the discretionary relief afforded by Section 212(c) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. s 1182(c), because he has not accumulated seven years of residence in this country since his admission to permanent resident alien status, is no exception. Emboldened by Thesean courage and fortified by a close examination of the statutory language, we believe that the Board of Immigration appeals erred in denying the petitioner relief on the ground that it did, and remand for consideration on a proper basis.

Lok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 548 F.2d 37, 38