Obama Administration DAPA: Deferred Action for Parents of U.S. Citizens and Green Card Holders

Announced November 20, 2014 — Major Obama Administration immigration changes for parents, DACA children, deportations, bar waivers, border security, and the military. This post focuses on parents. Immigration relief for parents of children who are either U.S. citizens or Green Card Holders. The foreigner must be the parent of a US citizen The parenting relationship […]

Beginning early 2015, certain Haitians will be allowed to quickly join family members who are in the U.S. This is a family reunification effort for those Haitians in the U.S. who have family members left behind in Haiti. Following the devastating earthquake in 2010, many Haitians in the U.S. were granted temporary protective status (TPS) […]

Beginning January 1, 2015, the California DMV is implementing new driver’s licenses to accommodate foreigners who are in the U.S. illegally. The effort is to bypass the U.S. Federal REAL ID Act, which requires in part that all State DMV’s across the country must conduct an immigration check (valid SSN) prior to issuance of an […]

Children arriving at our U.S. border without a parent or other adult guardian are fleeing Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador largely because of gang violence. Boys are pressured into joining gangs. Girls are pressured into the sex trade. We know the flee North is primarily due to violence as opposed to other motivating factors. Children […]