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January 9, 2013

The Migration Policy Institute recently released a study documenting that the U.S. government spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement, dwarfing the $14 million spent on other federal law enforcement agencies. The FBI, the DEA and...

DACA, Provisional Waivers, and de Osorio?

January 4, 2013

The publication of the rule allowing for processing of provisional waivers for unlawful presence in the United States was another act of administrative rule-making that the President has undertaken to make the immigration laws more...

Mitt Romney would honor DACA grants, not issue new ones

October 3, 2012

Thirty four days before the Presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has expressed a position on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has been in place since August 15. In an interview...

State by State: Driver’s Licenses for DACA Applicants

September 6, 2012

The following chart, released by the American Immigration Lawyers' Association (AILA), looks at whether each state’s document requirements for a driver’s license can be satisfied with a grant of deferred action under the DACA program....

USCIS Issues New Guidance on DACA – Applications Open Tomorrow

August 14, 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and other senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials held a stakeholder conference call on Tuesday, August 14 at 1:00 pm (Eastern) to discuss Secretary Janet...

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