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Filing DACA Renewal Applications in the Wake of the January 9, 2018 and February 13, 2018 Federal Court Rulings
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On September 5, 2017, the administration of President Donald Trump announced the end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – more commonly known as “DACA.” The Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Elaine Duke, issued a memorandum officially rescinding the program that had been in place since June 2012. On September 8, 2017, the University of California filed a complaint challenging the rescission of the DACA program and [...]
Read More ›One of the most controversial topics in politics today surrounds the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program, more commonly known as DACA. This program was created by President Obama to provide a way for for immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children to come out of the shadows and apply for temporary authorization to remain in the U.S., and to apply for temporary work permits. At the time, President Obama referred to the program as a temporary measure to give [...]
Read More ›With immigration matters figuring so prominently in the news, one might wonder, how did we get here? Many of us might think that things were always difficult, that legal entry always involved a formalized process, and that our own ancestors surely did things “the right way” after the formation of the sovereign United States of America.There were no bars to U.S. immigration until 1875, when the first exclusionary law barred convicts and prostitutes from entry. In the decades that [...]
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