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Deferred Action
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Toolkit on Private Bills and Deferred Action
Duane Morris LLP, Maggio + Kattar, and Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights have released a toolkit for practitioners on private bills and deferred action. Developed to help immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Eva Longoria was Misled by the President
Eva Longoria was among several Latino/a celebrities that President Obama recently spoke to about immigration reform. Ms. Longoria emerged from the meeting defending the President's decision to not act administratively…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Can Obama Grant Deferred Action to DREAMERs as a Group? Experts Say Yes
President Obama has suggested that he does not have the administrative authority to grant broad deferred action to DREAM Act students. In a memorandum today, legal experts think he does:To: …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Senators Urge Deferred Action for DREAMers
Adam Serwer writes for American Prospect:Yesterday, Senators Harry Reid and Dick Durbin sent a letter to the president requesting that the administration set up a process by which undocumented immigrants…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Stop the Deportation of the Mejia-Perez Family; Parents of a Dreamer
From Mark Silverman of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:1. Sign this letter and join Gilbert’s support group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=174019260906&ref=ts2. Call Secretary of DHS Janet Napolitano at (202) 282-8000 and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Deferred Action for Surviving Spouses
USCIS Update Aug. 31, 2009 USCIS Issues Guidance for Surviving Spouses of U.S. CitizensDeferred Action Authorized for Certain Spouses and ChildrenWASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today issued…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Father of Slain Soldier Given Temporary Deportation Reprieve
Susan Carroll reports in the Houston Chronicle:U.S. immigration officials have granted the father of a U.S.-born soldier killed in Iraq a reprieve from deportation while Congress considers a private bill…