President Obama’s administration is making efforts to enable children and parents of Central American families to immigrate to the United States as refugees.
White House Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Amy Pope said last Tuesday, July 26 that the Obama administration is planning the expansion of in-country refugee processing for families coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The government is also expanding an almost two-year-old program to enable Central American children to reunite with their parents who are already living with documentation in the United States.
Since the start of the budget year in October 2015, over 51,100 individuals traveling as families and over 43,000 children with no companions were caught illegally crossing the Mexican border. The number of immigrants has risen this year after significant dips between the 2014 and 2015 budget years.
The help of our qualified immigration lawyers at the Law Office of William Jang, PLLC in Austin can guide you through the complex and complicated process of immigrating to the United States. If you or your loved one need help dealing with the issues that immigration is presenting you, call our offices today at (512) 323-2333.
Republican Party presidential nominee and television personality Donald Trump said last Monday, August 15 that he plans to impose a new system of “extreme vetting” and “ideological screening” for immigrants. When it comes to other nationalities planning to immigrate to the United States, he noted “We should only admit into this country those who share our values and respect our people. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. Our country has enough problems.”
United States immigration officials already conduct vetting on potential immigrants to the country and consent to background checks. Visa applicants must answer questions regarding terrorist activity and whether they have participated in or plan to participate in terrorist attacks. There is also a question that covers whether they have participated in activity that includes “limiting or denying any person’s ability to exercise religious beliefs”.
Coming to a new country can result in a wide array of difficult challenges, one of which is the rejection of your immigration application. Hire the team at the Law Office of William Jang, PLLC to help you make it through the intricacies of applying for immigration to the United States by calling our Austin offices today at (512) 323-2333.
Businessman and Republican Party presidential nominee, Donald Trump, announced in a Twitter post last Sunday, August 28 that he will give a detailed immigration plan on Wednesday, August 31 in Arizona.
Trump and the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, traded barbs last week, with Trump calling Clinton a “bigot” and Clinton accusing Trump of enabling hate groups to flourish in the Republican party. During the last week of August, Clinton will focus her attention on mental health, spreading the message that there is a need for it to be incorporated into the United States health care system. Meanwhile, it is expected that Trump will continue talking about approaches to immigration issues, which will be spearheaded by his running mate, former Governor of Indiana Mike Pence.
Immigrating to the United States is in and of itself difficult. However, there are some circumstances that might make applying for a visa and processing one’s immigration papers even harder than usual. Thankfully, there are several legal immigration options to choose from to accomplish this goal. With the help of the Law Office of William Jang, PLLC in Austin, we can make progress towards getting your visa, green card, or citizenship approved. Call our offices today at (512) 323-2333 to discuss your situation.
The United States government erroneously granted citizenship to 858 immigrants from countries that are currently being monitored amid concerns that they may pose a threat to national security. Some of the immigrants are from countries that have high incidences of immigration fraud, an internal Department of Homeland Security audit released last Monday, September 19, showed.
Inspector General John Roth’s auditors said the individuals came from “special interest countries,” but he did not release the immigrants’ individual names. The report also did not mention which countries were involved.
Fingerprint scans for as many as 315,000 immigrants, who either have final deportation orders or are criminal fugitives, are missing from federal databases. Apparently, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement has yet to review around 148,000 of said immigrants’ files to add their fingerprints to the digital record.
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Almost 1,200 immigrants from over 90 countries attended Delco Center in Northeast Austin last Thursday, September 29 to earn the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities as native-born United States citizens. The citizens completed their naturalization process after they were sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Pitman.
Citizenship and Immigration Services records showed over 700,000 immigrants were naturalized all over the country in 2015. Susan Cooper, who was originally from England, welcomed the development, saying, “It’s financial security, [and] an honor to friends I’ve lived and worked with. Now I’m part of the country instead of just a visitor.” Thirty-eight-year-old Kritan Gurung, originally from Nepal, said that now that he is a U.S. citizen, he can invite his parents for a visit very soon.
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In an onstage interview at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, September 24, Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton raised concerns about the feasibility and soundness of the campaign promises made by fellow Democrat Sally Hernandez, a constable deemed most likely to win Hamilton’s position come November.
Hamilton was featured along with Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez on the panel discussion titled “Immigration and the Cities” at the Texas Tribune Festival. Hernandez, who is running against her Republican counterpart, Joe Martinez, favors making Austin a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants and believes you can’t “solve the criminal justice process by deporting them.”
According to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the majority of local law enforcement agencies limiting cooperation with the federal government when it comes to handling local immigrants are in California.
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A federal district court order from the Northern District of Illinois says it is illegal for federal authorities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to issue a detainer on people detained within local law enforcement.
Explaining the decision, Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law Denise Gilman said: “The entire way in which ICE issues and implements its detainer program right now is likely unlawful. Because ICE isn’t going before any court, any magistrate, anybody at all to have a finding of probable cause.”
Texas Civil Rights Project community director Zenen Jaimes welcomed this development and added: “Thankfully I’m in a place where you know, we’re fighting some of these abuses that we still think happen in Travis Country and all over the state.”
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Austin resident Hilda Ramirez and her son Ivan Juarez were granted deferred action by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, October 19. In other words, instead of being deported at the soonest possible time, the federal government will decide if they should leave the country next year. Hilda and Ivan are here after fleeing violence in Guatemala.
For the past eight months, Ramirez and her son, who is now 10 years old, have stayed at Austin’s St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, where they gave them sanctuary during the legal battle for asylum. Grassroots Leadership immigration organizer Alejandro Caceres said Ramirez deserved the deferred action. Ramirez spent 11 months in a Texas detention facility back in August 2014 when she and her son first came to the United States. “She is able to apply for a work permit, in that year. Able to be in the United States, have an ID, have a social security, and able to work,” said Caceres.
If you are in the process of applying for your American visa and working to get your immigration papers sorted out, hire the immigration attorneys at the Law Office of William Jang, PLLC. We provide legal services in Austin and other areas of Texas for people fighting an immigration battle. Find out more by calling our offices today at (512) 323-2333.
ArrangementFinders, a dating website for sugar babies looking for sugar daddies, has recently come under fire for suggesting that undocumented immigrants try to secure a benefactor prior to getting deported.
“Undocumented immigrant?” asks the billboard, which is situated along a highway in South Austin. ”Before you get deported, get a sugar daddy,” the billboard, which features a Latina woman in front of a Mexican flag, adds. The billboard ad is implying that undocumented people can become vulnerable, especially because of Donald Trump threatening that he will tighten the reins on immigration policies. Trump has said he would consider the deportation of undocumented immigrants a priority
ArrangementFinders’ parent company, Ruby Inc., which owns the controversial dating service Ashley Madison, has distanced itself from the ad, saying in a statement: “The billboard is created independently by an affiliate…is completely unacceptable and does not reflect the views or visions of the company, so we have requested that they take it down immediately.”
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Full cooperation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities and personnel at the Travis County Jail in Texas might come to an end in January 2017 with the election of Democratic Constable Sally Hernandez. Hernandez, who won the Travis County Sheriff position in November, has said she is not in favor of turning over undocumented immigrant jail detainees to federal agents.
Progressives and conservatives have differing views about the matter. The former say law enforcement programs already in place tend to make the challenges that immigrant families already face worse, and the latter say federal ICE programs contribute to deterring criminality. Criminal justice reform group Grassroots Leadership executive director Bob Libal says, “If whoever the sheriff is adopts a policy like many of these other communities around the country that limits ICE’s ability, that is a good thing for immigrants, and it is a good thing for public safety.”
Our immigration attorneys at the Law Office of William Jang, PLLC have the necessary experience, training, and resources to help families and individuals in need of immigration services. Contact us at (512) 323-2333 to discuss your situation.
