Uriel Alberto shown during his hunger strike at the Wake County Jail in North Carolina (photo taken from the article that appeared on the Winston-Salem Journal). All information on this story taken from the article that appeared on the Winston-Salem Journal. Attorneys for Winston-Salem activist Uriel Alberto – who is...
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Court blocks 2 provisions of immigration law
All information below courtesy of the Montgomery Advertiser. A federal appeals court Thursday blocked two sections of Alabama’s immigration law, which is known as HB 56, including one that had been par tially enjoined by a U.S. District Judge in Montgomery. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals enjoined Section 27...
High School Valedictorian Daniela Pelaez and sister get a 2-year deportation stay
Daniela Pelaez is seen above in an undated video still. All information below courtesy of the Miami Herald. WASHINGTON — Daniela Pelaez, the North Miami Senior High School valedictorian threatened with deportation and the new poster teen of the DREAM Act movement, is in Washington, D.C. this week. She’ll be...
Indonesian immigrant avoids deportation, seeks refuge at Highland Park church
HIGHLAND PARK — Saul Timisela was ordered to report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark early Thursday morning to be deported. Instead, the Indonesian Christian took sanctuary at the Reformed Church of Highland Park, where the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale is trying to save all at-risk Indonesian refugees who...
Alabama immigration law arguments to be heard today by federal appeals court panel
Tamitha Villareal (shown above) gets ready to lead a march of protesters of the new immigration law in Athens, AL. ATLANTA, Georgia — The law that put Alabama in the middle of a national debate over immigration goes before a federal appeals court in Atlanta today, pitting Alabama against the...
Opponents of immigration bill rally at Ga. Capitol
Students, educators and lawmakers plan to gather at the Georgia Capitol to protest legislative proposals that would ban illegal immigrant students from state colleges and universities. The ACLU of Georgia, the Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance and the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights oppose Senate Bill 458. To learn more...
Court ruling could prompt more deportation reviews
A federal appeals court’s decision to delay the deportation of seven illegal immigrants until the Obama administration re-evaluates their cases could encourage thousands of other illegal immigrants to seek similar rulings and could open the door to uncomfortable questions about the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S, experts...
USCIS Hosts Entrepreneurs in Residence Information Summit
All information taken from USCIS’s news release. For more information, please click on the link at left. Agency kicks off effort to ensure that immigration pathways for foreign entrepreneurs are clear and consistent, and better reflect today’s business realities WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas hosted an...
Cap Count for H-2B Non-immigrants (Non-Agricultural Workers)–What you need to know
All information below taken from this link. Please click on the underlined text at left for more information. The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs. To qualify for H-2B nonimmigrant classification: The employer must establish that...
Secure Communities Program coming to Baltimore on Wednesday
A controversial program that lets U.S. immigration officials check the citizenship status of people who have been arrested is being expanded to include Baltimore despite objections from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and immigrant advocates. The Secure Communities program, which began in 2008 and is being phased in nationwide, lets federal immigration...