As the federal government starts issuing coronavirus-relief payments to households across America, the Treasury Department says that only legal U.S. residents will receive them.That assurance is far from ironclad, however. Payments are based on federal…
House Democrats unveiled their $2.5 trillion stimulus bill late on March 23, setting their terms for the stimulus package intended to rescue the economy from the fallout of Covid-19. The text eclipses 1,400 pages and the section-by-section summary alon…
Lengthy lines and hours-long waits at America’s ports of entry could grow even longer if Democrats in Congress pass their Access to Counsel Act. And that’s just the beginning of the bad news. Inventing a new right for those seeking entry into the U.S.,…
On Monday, the White House unveiled President Trump’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021, which he calls “a Budget for America’s Future.” Since President Trump took office, the annual fight for appropriations has been especially combative with on…
In 2008, Guatemalan national Olga Marina Franco del Cid was sentenced to eight years in state prison after being convicted of four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, 17 counts of criminal vehicular operation, giving a false name to police, failing …
The legal industry news website Law360 released a short comparison of two bills that look to change the way the controversial EB-5 investor visa system works. Both come from the Senate, where senators may look to address the program following the concl…
In a recent 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could implement a new “public charge” rule that could make it harder for immigrants relying on public assistance to achieve legal status. Not surprisingly, open borders act…
Bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill that includes a provision that blocks immigration officials from deporting anyone considered a “sponsor, potential sponsor or member of a household of a sponsor” of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs),…
The famous Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz emphasized in his classic book, On War, that “war is the continuation of politics by other means.” Similarly, one could argue – based on an analysis just released by the Center for Immigration…
Democrats in the House of Representatives have proposed a new immigration bill called the New Way Forward Act. Although touted by the Sacramento Bee as, “[restoring]due process protections for all immigrants, including those in deportation proceedings,…