Last week, my wife and I were dining with our friends at Li-Beirut, a delightful new Lebanese BYOB in Collingswood. As we were enjoying the delicious mix of mezze on our table, my mind started to drift, as it
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!BACHATEAME MAMA! How US Immigration (and New York City) Helped Turn Rural Dominican Music into a Worldwide Phenomenon
For better or worse, anybody who has ever spent more than 5 minutes in my office would know that I play bachata music throughout the workday. I also like to dance Bachata (which I do poorly) and take weekly classes
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YOU DOWN WITH BFD? YEAH, YOU KNOW ME. USCIS Changes their U Visa Policy for Immigrant Victims of Crime
Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa in 2000 when it passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. The purpose of the U visa was to encourage immigrants to report crimes to law enforcement and also to afford
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Biden’s First Months in Office
President Biden has been in office for around three months. On the campaign trail, he made plenty of bold promises about immigration reform –– has he delivered? In some areas, massive strides have been made to defend the rights of
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WTF is DED? DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE IS A HALF MEASURE FOR DESPERATE VENEZUELAN NATIONALS
Late in the evening of January 19, 2021, in one of their last official acts, on the Seditionist, Traitor Trump Administration granted Deferred Enforced Departure for Venezuelan Nationals. Deferred Enforced Departure, or “DED,” is a form of relief from removal.
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LAME DUCK’S REVENGE: TRUMP’S MIDNIGHT REGULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO HURT IMMIGRANTS EVEN AFTER HE IS GONE
Since losing “bigly” (sic) in the presidential election of November 3rd, 2020, the Trump administration, in addition to ignoring a growing pandemic and economic meltdown, embarrassing themselves in courtroom after courtroom, and losing the State of Georgia (Georgia!!!!) 3
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