Summer 2011
So the DREAM Act did not pass. But it will! President Obama will keep his
promise to the Latino and immigrant community.
Having my primary
practice on deportation defense, I would now like to do some criminal defense work, in particular, rape/sexual assault cases.
December 7, 2010
As we approach the Holiday season, I want to extend another big thank you to my ever loyal client
base.
As
challenging as some of our cases have been, we persevered together and made it through!
As part of reFORM Mondays,
USA's push for comprehensive immigration reform, our office fully supports and endorses Congress' passage of the
DREAM Act. This Act stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors
Act.
THE U.S. SENATE WILL VOTE ON THIS PROVISION ON
WEDNESDAY, 12/8/10. Please call your
U.S. senators and urge him/her to support the DREAM ACT!
According to the 2009 version of the senate bill, DREAM Act beneficiaries must:
- Have
proof of having arrived in the United States before age 16.
- Have proof of residence in the United States for a least five consecutive
years since their date of arrival, compliance with Selective Service.
- Be between the ages of 12 and 35 at the time of
bill enactment.
- Have graduated from an American high school or obtained a GED.
- Be of "good moral character".
May 22, 2010
Summer 2010 begins! reFORM Monday's last and third legislative action event just finished. Now, the
summer will be used to work on the layout for reFORM's collaborative photo book project with Lenapeeps Art Gallery's artist
in residence, Camilo Godoy. The book will be called ManifestNATION.
We continue to push, through our client base, for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.
We are in need of more visas since the current yearly quota just is not enough and the backlog for family and employment-based
petitions is causing a wait that is excessively long.
WE APPLAUD THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S monumental changes in immigration law and policy. For one, on January 4, 2010, HIV is no longer
a medical ground of inadmissibility, ending years of stigma against those men and women who test positive. For more info,
visit: www.uscis.gov. There was also Public Law 111-83, which repealed
the widow penalty so that widows or widowers of U.S. citizens can now file for their self-petition and proceed to adjust their
status. Beneficiaries of relative petitions (children) who were physically present in the U.S. when their petitioner
(parent) passed away can also adjust their status if their priority date is current instead of having to file for and wait
for the adjudication of their humanitarian reinstatement application.
