By Richard Hanus|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 [...]
By Richard Hanus|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 [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-02-19T09:13:17-06:00February 19th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: February 19, 2014 Individuals defending against deportation proceedings (now known as removal proceedings) sometimes have a defense available, and other times, they don’t. Sometimes the individual is documented, but is losing their status because of some crime or other [...]
By Richard Hanus|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: bipartisan majority, Boehner, DREAM Act, John Cornyn, legalization path, Mitch McConnell, Obama, omprehensive, piecemeal, provisional status|
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 [...]
By Richard Hanus|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: conversation, enhanced workplace verification, John Boehner, leadership team, passage, principles document, Senator John McCain, visa tracking|
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 [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-12-16T14:53:37-06:00December 16th, 2013|Categories: Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: crisis, employment authorization, extraordinary humanitarian challenges, misdemeanor conviction, overstays, Temporary Protected Status, TPS, Typhoon Haiyan|
Published: December 16, 2013 Temporary Protected Status or “TPS” is a special, temporary immigration classification issued by the President of the U.S., by way of the Secretary of Homeland Security, to certain undocumented individuals living in the U.S. who are [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-12-04T13:50:47-06:00December 4th, 2013|Categories: Asylum in the United States, DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: appeal, avoid deportation, discretion, DUI, good moral character, political asylum|
Published: December 4, 2013 Earlier this week, Onyango Obama, the half brother of President Obama’s father, avoided deportation back to his native Kenya and was granted permanent resident status by an Immigration Judge in Boston. Onyango Obama first arrived in [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-11-30T13:12:20-06:00November 30th, 2013|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: discretionary, negative factors, Selected Reserve, special immigration status, U.S. Armed Forces|
Published: November 30, 2013 In recent weeks, the Obama Administration implemented a program allowing for the granting of special immigration status for certain spouses, children and parents of various current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Qualifying individuals [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-10-20T08:38:31-05:00October 20th, 2013|Categories: Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: Age out, qualifying criminal activity, T visas, U Visas, Victims of Crimes|
Published: October 20, 2013 In recent years, Congress has enacted various pieces of legislation addressing the vulnerabilities of our undocumented population as targets of criminal activity. Whether they fall victim to crimes relating to their person or property, the undocumented [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-06-29T07:26:55-05:00June 29th, 2013|Categories: immigration reform, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: comprehensive reform bill, secure the border|
Published: June 29, 2013 Next up, later this month, is debate in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to many House Republicans, an immigration reform bill with a legalization component will only pass over their dead bodies, and that absent [...]
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