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DACA applicants: Beware of Immigration Fraud
DACA applicants should be especially careful to avoid immigration fraud while seeking longterm legalization strategies and options. Many non-attorneys helped fill out paperwork and submit DACA applications, but longterm legalization requires comprehensive screening...
DACA: Phase Out and Call to Action
President Trump has ordered that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program be phased out, calling on Congress to pass a permanent legislative solution instead. Individuals with approved DACA status or pending DACA renewals will continue their normal...
Acción Diferida: Eliminación Gradual y Llamado a Tomar Acción
El Presidente Trump ha ordenado que el programa de Acción Diferida ("DACA") sea eliminado gradualmente, pidiendo al congreso que apruebe una solución permanente. Personas que ya tienen estatus de DACA o renovaciones pendientes de DACA continuaran su proceso normal y...
BE INFORMED, NOT AFRAID: How Immigrants Should Respond to a Trump Presidency, Part 2
The U.S. Constitution Promotes Justice The Founding Fathers created the United States Government with three different branches to avoid giving one person too much control. The U.S. President is not a monarch with limitless power. Rather, the Constitution balances...
How Immigrants Should Respond to a Trump Presidency
1. Keep calm and carry on. Our political system is arranged to keep a check on the president’s power. In other words, for a president to make lasting changes on the immigration situation in our country, the president must work in cooperation with Congress. President...
Aurora area immigrants advised not to panic, be wary of scams
An Aurora-area immigration lawyer is urging immigrants not to panic and to get informed about legalization options after President-elect Donald Trump said he planned to deport 2 or 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. "There are already policies in...
Los Inmigrantes Deben Apelar A La Promesa De Trump De Unidad Y Pedir La Reforma Migratoria
(Aurora, IL - Viernes, 11 de Noviembre de 2016) El abogado de inmigración Moises Barraza aníma a los inmigrantes a no temer a la presidencia de Trump y pedir al presidente electo que trabaje con el Congreso para aprobar la reforma de inmigración. “El presidente electo...
Press Release: Immigrants Must Appeal To Trump’s Promise Of Unity And Request Immigration Reform
(Aurora, IL, Friday, November 11, 2016) - Immigration Attorney Moises Barraza urges immigrants not to fear a Trump presidency and instead to call on the President-elect to work with Congress to pass immigration reform. “President-elect Donald Trump stated in his...
Don’t Wait for an Immigration Raid
In a compelling testimony printed in National Catholic Reporter, an employer shares about the damage caused to his company and the destruction suffered by honest, hard-working immigrant families because of an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. The...
