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9 12, 2014

24 State Lawsuits Later – What’s the Future of the New Obama Executive Order, and Other Important Questions?

By |2014-12-09T11:15:08-06:00December 9th, 2014|Categories: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  December 9, 2014 Last month, President Obama announced his plan to implement an Executive Order aimed at benefiting millions of mostly undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.  To say the announcement caused an uproar would be a bit of an understatement.  In the weeks that have followed, 24 states have filed lawsuits seeking to block implementation of this plan, alleging the President overstepped the executive authority provided him under the U.S. Constitution, and is instead the type of initiative more properly within the province of our nation’s legislature. What will become of the challenges to this Executive Order? Will the […]

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24 11, 2014

Obama’s New Executive Order: Who is covered? What benefits are available? When can you file? What are the risks?

By |2014-11-24T14:25:38-06:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  November 24, 2014 President Obama’s Executive Action:   Who Benefits?  What are the Benefits?  When Are the Benefits Available? While some disagree whether it should be called an amnesty, or not, under President Obama’s recently signed executive order, various large groups of immigrants – both undocumented and documented, stand to benefit, including: Approximately 4 million undocumented individuals may now be eligible to apply for “Deferred Action” status and a 3 year Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”).  For those fighting removal proceedings, the Deferred Action status will effectively put an indefinite halt to such proceedings. To qualify for the EAD and Deferred Action […]

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13 11, 2014

What’s Next for Immigration Reform?

By |2014-11-13T09:34:16-06:00November 13th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  November 13, 2014 The next 45 days should be real interesting.  President Obama put off any executive action on immigration until after the mid-term elections, where we all know the Democrats took a shellacking.  Now that the mid-terms are over, President Obama has been left with no choice but to take executive action since he has no reason to believe Congress will work with him on the passage of substantive, long term legislation.  Although executive action on immigration will fall short of conferring any sort of permanent legal status for undocumented individuals, it indeed advances an agenda to find a […]

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10 09, 2014

Obama Takes Foot Off Accelerator on Immigration

By |2014-09-10T08:24:04-05:00September 10th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  September 10, 2014 First the U.S. Senate was ready to act on immigration.  Then, the House of Representatives was not.  Then President Obama was ready to act without congressional backing, and enact measures by way of his executive powers and grant work permits to the vast majority of our undocumented population, as he did back in 2012 with “childhood arrivals.”  Then, as of last week, he was not, although the President intimated he may very well be ready to act after this November’s congressional elections. So goes our nation’s dance with our 12 million undocumented.   We love them, because […]

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28 07, 2014

A Showdown on Immigration: It’s High Noon In Washington D.C

By |2014-07-28T08:45:38-05:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  July 28, 2014 First, some important facts. Last year, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to allow for the legalization of the vast majority of our nation’s undocumented population, now estimated at around 12 million.  The House of Representatives, through its Republican leadership, refuses to hold a vote on the legislation for a variety of reasons, most notably because it would likely pass into law and give Obama a win. There is no plan to round up and deport all or any substantial portion of the 12 million undocumented.  The President has indeed enforced our immigration laws, specifically in the deportation […]

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1 06, 2014

Immigration Drama Likely To Ignite By End of Summer

By |2014-06-01T12:07:37-05:00June 1st, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  June 1, 2014 The stars continue to line up for the eventual enactment of a program to allow our nation’s undocumented to obtain some sort of legal status.  Exactly what type of status that might be, and whether that happens in 2 months, 2 years or in 2 decades are the big questions.  In the meantime the political drama continues to unfold in Washington, where the majority of our legislators (along with the majority of the U.S. electorate) continue to favor the implementation of some form of comprehensive immigration reform or path to citizenship. The drama playing out this summer […]

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25 03, 2014

UPDATE: Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

By |2014-03-25T12:20:50-05:00March 25th, 2014|Categories: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigration reform, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Published:  March 25, 2014 Almost 2 years after the implementation of the DACA program our nation continues to await enactment of a comprehensive immigration reform measure to allow for a path to legalization for our undocumented population, even those within the “DREAMER” demographic.  In the meantime, many of the first approved DACA applicants from a couple years back must now start thinking about renewing their status and employment authorizations for another 2 year period.   As a reminder – The Basics – eligible applicants are “young adults” who: A) are in school, have completed high school or their G.E.D., or are an […]

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4 02, 2014

Immigration Reform Update: Boehner Floats a Plan, Senate Republicans Run For Cover

By |2014-02-04T11:09:24-06:00February 4th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Published:  February 4, 2014 Not since the days of the “I was for it, before I was against it” explanation, have I gotten such a chuckle from our nation’s political theater.  Given the tragic human costs at stake in this conversation though, maybe tears would be the more appropriate response.  Over the zany, decade-plus road our politicians and multiple Presidents have kicked around the immigration football, we have seen oppositional behavior from the major players on both sides of the aisle, with neither side wanting to give the other a victory.  With the perception that such posturing is rewarded in today’s media-on-steroids environment, prominent political players in the current immigration arena have assumed predictable […]

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9 01, 2014

U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Launch Major Initiative To Advance Immigration Reform

By |2014-01-09T10:23:08-06:00January 9th, 2014|Categories: immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: , , , |

Published:  January 9, 2014 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major pro-business private association and lobbying group is set to invest at least $50 million in 2014 mid-term elections to support candidates who are seen as crucial to facilitating passage of immigration reform legislation.   Most of the congressman benefitting from this initiative will be incumbent Congressman looking to fend off challenges by Tea Party leaning candidates.  Just another forum/context in which the Republican Party and its identity are at a crossroads. PUBLISHED January 9, 2014– “IMMIGRATION LAW FORUM” Copyright © 2014, By Law Offices of Richard Hanus, Chicago, Illinois

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8 01, 2014

Immigration Reform Around the Corner? Or Just More Blah Blah Blah…?

By |2014-01-08T10:09:53-06:00January 8th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Published:  January 8, 2014 With regard to our nation’s ongoing conversation about immigration laws and the 11 million undocumented folks living among us, several significant (according to some) developments have taken place.  Whether these events will ultimately yield the passage of a law to improve our immigration system or benefit all or some part of the undocumented population remains to be seen.  By late spring – perhaps following primary election season, we may know more. Just today, John Boehner, the Republican Speaker of the House, announced to several of his fellow House Republicans that his “leadership team” was in the process […]

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