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Obama Deportation Toll Could Pass 2 Million At Current Rates Published: Feb 1, 2013 "As lawmakers debate the Obama administration's commitment to immigration enforcement, a report released last week shows that 2 million people will be deported by 2014 -- more than the total number of deportations before 1997 -- if they continue at the current rate." Click here for more of this US immigration news update.
Immigration Regulations: Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations Published: Feb 1, 2013 The general provisions of laws enacted by Congress are interpreted and implemented by regulations issued by various agencies. These regulations apply the law to daily situations. After regulations are published in the Federal Register, they are collected and published in the Code of Federal Regulations, commonly referred to as the CFR. The CFR is arranged
Immigration and Nationality Act Published: Feb 1, 2013 The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952. Before the INA, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized in one location. The McCarran-Walter bill of 1952, Public Law No. 82-414, collected and codified many existing provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law. The Act has been amended many times
The new politics of immigration Published: Jan 31, 2013 "Republicans who always held views on immigration similar to the president’s — notably Sen. John McCain — are now free to say so. Other Republicans who thought a hard line on the issue was a political winner have been forced by the electoral facts to change their minds. Democrats, aware of how important Latino votes are to their
Marco Rubio Immigration Push Tiptoes Fine Line On Pathway To Citizenship Published: Jan 31, 2013 "On Wednesday, the Florida senator faced a similar task at a Senate Steering Committee luncheon, where he spoke about the immigration reform proposal to some of his own skeptical colleagues. As he emerged from the meeting, Rubio declined to say what was discussed. But he conceded that the pathway to citizenship was a tough sell to opponents, who call it
Immigration Reform Proposal Shows Similar Ideas Betweeen Bush and Obama Published: Jan 31, 2013 "Take a look back at President Bush’s 2006 televised address to the nation on immigration reform and read it alongside President Obama’s Las Vegas take on the same subject this Tuesday. The style may be different, but the substance and sentiment are essentially the same. In both cases, there are calls for increased border security paired with a
Obama's Immigration Plan Inspires Some, Irks Others Published: Jan 30, 2013 " speech was short on details and instead loaded with prepared but enthusiastic remarks about the need for reform. But a fact sheet released by the White House outlined in detail his key points, which include an emphasis on securing the border. The other pillars include cracking down on hiring unauthorized workers, a path to earned citizenship and improving
PORT PAROLE GRANTED Published: Jan 29, 2013 Our client is a Canadian citizen. He is a respected businessman in his community. Over 30 years ago, he was convicted of possessing one marijuana cigarette, and such conviction has rendered him inadmissible to the United States for life. Three years ago, he retained us to apply for a nonimmigrant waiver of inadmissibility so that he could legally enter the