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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Deportation of Undocumented Persons and DACA Beneficiaries Could Crash this Country
Dina Francesca Haynes addresses the devastating impacts of the elimination of President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program:"President Elect Trump has indicated, in his 100–day plan, that he would, on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Trump’s victory jolts minority communities
The election of Donald Trump continues to have reverberations -- and there no doubt is more to come. In "Trump’s victory jolts Bay Area minority communities," Hamed Aleaziz in the…
EB-5 Insights
Greenberg Traurig Post-Election Immigration Update
By Laura Foote Reiff ‡, Rebecca B. Schechter ‡
On November 10, 2016, Laura Foote Reiff, Bob Maples, and Rebecca Schechter presented an Immigration Post-Election Update webinar highlighting some of the anticipated key changes to U.S. immigration policy (click…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MALDEF LAUNCHES FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND TOOLKIT TO ASSIST UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH APPLYING FOR DACA
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has released a first-of-its-kind toolkit designed to help undocumented youth obtain the critical records needed to apply for temporary relief from deportation…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Who Is A Good Immigrant, Anyway?
This episode of NPR's Code Switch ("Who Is A Good Immigrant, Anyway?") looks at the dichotomy between "good" and "bad" immigrants and how it is used not just by Donald Trump,…
Immigration Blog
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing Request on Immigration Executive Action
On the first day of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt another setback to the Obama Administration’s executive actions on immigration. The Court denied the Administration’s request for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Outreach to San Diego’s Filipino Immigrant Communities
The San Diego Union Tribune writes about one nonprofit organization's efforts to reach DACA-eligible members of the Filipino community in San Diego. The article describes Alliance San Diego's outreach to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipient Stripped of Scholarship at ASU
Photo courtesy of Arizona Daily StarIt is fall and we are hearing many "feel good" stories about amazing young people headed to universities. This most definitely is not that kind…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Challenge in New York to Nationwide Injunction Issued by Federal Court in Texas Barring Implementation of Obama Expanded Deferred Action Program
In United States v. Texas, the Supreme Court by an equally divided Court affirmed a nationwide injunction barring the implementation of the Obama administration's expanmded deferred action program announced in November…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Undocu/DACA-mented Law Students, Law Grads & Attorneys: National Email List-Serv
If you are or know a law student, law graduate or attorney who identifies as undocumented, DACAmented, or a DREAMer, a national email list-serv was established last year (by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia…