The Washington Post reported this past Sunday that Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security has delayed proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions to be carried out by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) at U.S. workplaces.  “ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure that [targets] are being taken down when they should be taken [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that hundreds of immigration activists rallied on Saturday at a Family Unity forum calling for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR): They were pastors from dozens of churches of various denominations, activists and local politicians, and a largely Hispanic crowd that easily overshadowed the sole anti-amnesty protester reported to have been escorted off the property. [...]

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (also called “The DREAM Act”) was re-introduced in Congress yesterday. The bill provides that certain immigrant students who graduate from an American High School, are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S. as children, and have been in the U.S. continuously for a period of at least five [...]

The Hill reports that Democrats in the House of Representatives want to renew the debate about illegal immigration this year. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) supports comprehensive immigration reform and has said would like to see a bill passed before the end of the year. “[Reid] believes it is important that we move quickly to [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced additional requirements for employers who have received funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) or under Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act before hiring a foreign national to work in the H-1B specialty occupation category. On February 17, 2009, the Employ American Workers Act (EAWA) was signed into [...]

The Chicago Tribune reports today that, Inside an Albany Park church on Saturday, Cardinal Francis George is expected to publicly urge the Obama administration to end immigration raids across the country, part of a renewed push for federal immigration reforms that has been gaining steam. This week, President Barack Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus [...]

Kevin Johnson of ImmigrationProf Blog reports that, On Friday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order allowing approximately 3,600 Liberians living in the United States to remain in the country for an additional 12 months. An 18-month extension issued by President George W. Bush was set to expire March 31. The Liberians are staying in the [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 2010) cap on April 1, 2009.  Petitions will be considered as accepted on the date that USCIS processes payment of the filing fees associated with the petition, not the date that the petition is postmarked. USCIS will [...]

A Los Angeles woman who was awaiting sentencing for scamming undocumented immigrants in San Diego County was re-arrested last week for the same crime. Gladis Escobar was taken into custody last week by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  She was initially arrested in 2007 by ICE after being charged by the San Diego County District Attorney’s [...]

Everyone is wondering whether or not Congress will take up the issue of immigration reform in 2009. There are number of factors that will determine this, none of which has anything directly to do with immigration. Self-Deportation First, the bad economy and recent enforcement measures have caused many illegal aliens to self-deport. This has relieved some [...]