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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Employment Law Letter
Key Dates for Premium Processing of H-1B Petitions and DACA Renewals
By Brenda A. Eckert, Linda L. Yoder
Developments and deadlines are happening almost daily, so we want to take a moment to update you on a couple of the most pressing matters regarding immigration. Premium Processing for…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
DACA: What Its Undoing Means For Employers
Last month, the Trump Administration announced plans to end President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. This change in policy is sure to have a significant impact on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Senator Kamala Harris Challenges DHS Secretary on DACA Renewal Cutoff Date
In a hearing earlier this week before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris raised concerns over the Trump Administration’s handling of the response to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
HONY’s DREAMers
Y'all know I love the Facebook phenomenon Humans of New York. I've written about the site before (here, here, and here).Brandon Stanton's most recent posts record interviews with DREAMers, like…
ImmigrationProf Blog
H4 Dreamers
Have you heard of "H4 Dreamers" ? The concept was new to me, but interest groups like Skilled Immigrants in America have been tweeting about #H4Dreamers (and creating memes like…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Poll: Americans back DACA by a huge margin
ABC News reports that a vast 86 percent of Americans support a right to residency for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, with support crossing the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Law Student Katie Kelly Commentary: The Various Claims Challenging the Rescission of DACA
This is a guest post by third year UC Davis law student Katie Kelly:The Trump administration disappointed millions of people across the United State on September 5, when it announced…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Apple and Microsoft Protect Workers Facing Loss of DACA
Earlier this week, Apple and Microsoft pledged on Tuesday to protect workers who face the risk of legal trouble and perhaps deportation after President Donald Trump terminated a major immigration…
Human Rights at Home Blog
For DACA Volunteers – More On-Line DACA Training
Prof. Anne Hornsby of the University of Alabama School of Law introduces us to a You Tube video designed to inform non-immigration lawyers to representation of young people struggling with DACA status. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Do the DREAMers Deported by President Obama Illustrate the Possible Fate of DACA Recipients?
Beth Caldwell on The Hill looks at the possibility that, with the dismantling of DACA, its recipients may ultimately be deported. Having done research for seven years on deportees to…