DREAM ACT

It is amazing that our congress was not able to approve the Dream Act. What happened? Why is it so difficult for our leaders to see the immense injustice that is being handed out to these young brilliant minds who are victims of their parents decision. What are these young people to do? They cannot study, they cannot drive, they cannot go forward. Should we create a generation of uneducated and bitter youth? They are eager to learn, they are eager to live and contribute to this society. Please Mr. President take note!

Deportation put on hold

So the USCIS is getting overwhelmed with work. They are halting the deportation of about 17000 detainees in order to allow the USCIS time to adjudicate their family based petitions. Well this is good news for those of you out there who have orders of deportations. If you have an I-130 petition pending through a spouse who is a citizen of the United States and the petition and the priority date is current then chances are you will be able to adjust your status. Of course the motions and documents must be submitted to the court and all the procedures followed.

Underclass

The news reported that America is developing an underclass.I say that we have had a underclass for the longest time. When we allow people to live here illegally, when we deny them access to a driver's license, when we deny them a work permit so that they cannot work and provide food for their families what are we doing? We have already created an underclass. No country is helped by having an underclass. We don't become a better people or a better nation. Hey Congress are you listening?

Immigration Update May 14, 2010

So we just found out that Eric Holder did not read the Arizona Immigration law. But does he need to read it? We all know how anit-immigrant the law is and how hateful it is. We dont need the federal government to just file a law suit against Arizona to stop the law. We need immigration reform. How much longer should we wait. It is ironic that the United States will allow millions of people to enter the country illegally and or to remain in the country illegally but yet they are not allowed to become get a work permit, drive or be treated with dignity. Why the double standard? Yes the government does not agree with Arizona so do something!!

Many of you already know of the horrific immigration law which was approved in Arizona. It is unspeakalbe that our country would allow people to be treated in such a manner. This has however pushed the democrats into action and yesterday several senators unveiled an immigration bill that we hope will be introduced into congress shortly. This new bill would allow everyone who is here illegallly to apply for a work permit and eventually permanent residence. All will be required to pay taxes and back taxes. In addiition there must be no criminal record whatsoever.

One of the most interesting aspects of the bill is the fact that petitions by legal permanent residents will be treated as a first category petition as if it were a petition by a united states citizen

Now for our friends from Chile...
Many of you have been calling inquiring about TPS. Unfortunately this is not an option rght now. What we do know however is that USCIS will process any peitions pending as long as the priority date is current. It does not matter if the person is here illegally or not. For those of you who do not have any petitions pending with the USCIS, you will be able to renew your visas on which you entered the United States.

Immigration Update

What happened to the Immigration Reform? It seems that the president did not give much attention to immigration reform. What happened? There seems to be so much going no now that Immigration was pushed in the back burner. But we need immigration reform. What is going to happen to our children who came here when they were toddlers. They studied hard in school, they have good grades and now they cannot go to college and neither can they work. We need to send letters to our congress people to do something. When we help our children we help our country. Come on people!!!