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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Reform and Administrative Relief for 2014 and Beyond: A Report on Behalf of the Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation (CIRI), Human Resources Working Group
Immigration Reform and Administrative Relief for 2014 and Beyond: A Report on Behalf of the Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation (CIRI), Human Resources Working Group by Charles Kamasaki,…
Immigration Blog
More I-9 Confusion for Employers from Three-Year DACA Card Recall
By Amy L. Peck, Michael H. Neifach
President Barack Obama’s executive order expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility and work authorization met a another roadblock when a federal District Court threatened to sanction the Secretary…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Final Day To Return Erroneously-Issued Work Permits
Today is the final day to return DACA three-year work authorizations issued (erroneously) after February 16, 2015.Helpfully, the USCIS has created an online tool for checking whether your work permit…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Toobin on Immigration Reform Etc.
Jeffrey Toobin turns his insightful gaze in The New Yorker to immigration reform, the DREAM Act, DACA, DAPA, etc. Among other things, he tells same real life stories of some…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Work authorization for dreamers: a week of wonders and woes by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
It has been a week of wonders and woes for individuals authorized to work under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a special deferred action program implemented in 2012. The…
Immigration Blog
Arguments in Appeal of Texas Federal Court Injunction on Immigration Reform Executive Actions
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, heard arguments on July 10 as to whether a preliminary injunction on the implementation of President Barack Obama’s…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS Requires DACA Recipients Receiving 3-Year EAD’s After 2/16/2015 to Return EADs by 7/17/2015
To meet the terms of a recent injunction issued by Federal Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas v. United States, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is requiring individuals who received…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipent Admission to NY Bar Delayed
The Des Moines Register reports that Cesar Adrian Vargas, who made history this month when a New York court ruled that, as a DACA recipient, he was eligible to practice law…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Happy Third Anniversary, DACA!
Photo by Zdenko ZivkovicMonday marked the third anniversary of DACA: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. So, Happy Anniversary, DACA!While DAPA (Deferred Action for Parental Accountability) and the extended DACA program…
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Comment on OLC’s Endorsement of DAPA
Mark Jia, photo via China HandsHarvard Law School rising 3L Mark Jia recently published a short comment for the Harvard Law Review analyzing the Office of Legal Counsel's November 19,…