For the last eight months, federal authorities have carried out the immigration enforcement agenda of President Donald Trump. Citing the need for public safety, traditional safe spaces that include churches, homeless shelters and courthouses have become targets and...
Month: August 2017
Avoiding fiancé visa complications
A person can be feeling a lot of joy and excitement as their wedding approaches. However, they can also be feeling some stress. After all, there are many key details to take care of related to a wedding. Also, a marriage represents a major new step in a person’s life....
The growing dangers of immigrant smuggling
Smuggling immigrants is a business and business is good. However, profitability is coming at the expense of the well-being, if not the lives of smuggler’s “human cargo.” More than three weeks after 10 undocumented immigrants died while trapped in a sweltering, poorly...
Chicago joins the legal battle over sanctuary cities
As more Texas cities line up to fight federal immigration law enforcement, a prominent metropolis to the north is drawing their own line in the fight over sanctuary cities. Another epic battle is brewing, this time with the Windy City’s top elected official. Mayor...
Does your child qualify for automatic acquisition of citizenship?
Having a child can leave you feeling overjoyed at the prospect of having a new life become part of your family. Of course, childrearing in any form can have its complications, and when your child's birth took place outside of the United States, you may wonder what...
Visas for testimony
After the deaths of 10 people in a sweltering truck parked at a San Antonio rest stop, U.S. authorities are more determined than ever to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations engaged in human trafficking. Approximately 100 undocumented immigrants, primarily...
18 Texas counties sign immigration agreements with ICE
If people were asked the meaning of the term 287(g) agreement, they might guess it references some sort of pact between a delinquent taxpayer and the Internal Revenue Service, or even some arcane provision of the Texas Penal Code. While these are both good guesses, a...