Immigration family unity is the most crucial issue facing legislators, policy makers, attorneys, as they attempt to shape a workable immigration system. Learn why in our April 2015 immigration news roundup.
Consider the long immigrant visa waiting lists. Why are so many immigrants willing to wait up to 33 years for a visa? Family unity.
What is the controversy surrounding the detention bed quota, which keeps many immigrants without any criminal convictions locked up in privately-owned jails? Or why is there a battle in California to shape punishment for minor drug offenses?
Clearly, both issues are related to deportation defense. But there is more – the fight to keep immigrant families together.
The DACA renewals are important because they keep immigrant youth in line to hopefully become lawful permanent residents someday in the future.
The expanded and new military programs to bring immigrants into the armed services are significant because they offer an opportunity for naturalization.
Green cards and citizenship provide deserving immigrants the opportunity to live with their family members on a legal basis.
So as you browse through this curated presentation of immigration news, compiled by Immigration Lawyer Carlos Batara, we encourage you to think about the negative effects of family separation on legal family members.
After all, there would be almost no immigration law debate if countless mixed (part-immigrant/part-citizen and part-immigrant/part-permanent resident) families did not exist.
But they do exist. Love happens.
More than any other aspect of immigration reform, keeping families together is the foremost issue.
So join us at http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com to help make this world a better place one immigrant family at a time.
And thank you for sharing this presentation with your family and friends.
6. Mexico and the Philippines have
the largest waiting lists.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
7. 98% of those
waiting are being
sponsored by a
family member in
the United States.
Their waiting times
are 19 months to 33
years.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
10. Critics assert many
DACA recipients,
who now have
social security cards
and driver licenses,
are thumbing their
noses at Uncle Sam.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
11. There are several
reasons for the
low renewal rate.
Supporters assert
government delays
are the primary
reason and have
caused over
11,000 work
permits to expire.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
12. When their DACA
status expires, young
immigrants lose
more than their
ability to work
legally.
They are again
subject to
deportation.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
15. Private prison
corporations operate
nine of the ten
largest immigrant
detention facilities.
The two largest are
CCA and GEO.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
16. Congress has set an
“immigrant bed quota”
of 34,000 detainees per
day. Most are not
violent criminal
offenders.
It costs about $159.00
per day to house one
detainee. The average
detention time is 31
days.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
17. CCA made over
195,000,000 and
GEO made over
$143,000 in
profits last year
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
20. In California,
individuals charged
with minor drug
crimes are allowed
to plead guilty and
undergo drug
counseling.
This allows them a
chance to turn their
lives around.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
21. When a defendant
finishes treatment,
minor drug charges
are wiped away.
Under immigration
law, the convictions
still stand and often
lead to deportation
and broken
families.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
22. Under the proposed
change, defendants
could opt for treatment
before pleading guilty.
If they are successful,
their cases would be
dismissed, protecting
them from deportation.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
23. 5
U.S. Military Needs Are
Focus Of Citizenship
Programs
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
25. Army officials have
increased the number
of recruits with valid
immigration status
from 1,500 to 3,000 for
the 2015 fiscal year.
An expansion up to
5,000 is planned for the
following year.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
26. Under the Military
Accessions Vital to the
National Interest
(MAVNI) program,
immigrants with
special medical and
language skills are
eligible to become
naturalized citizens
immediately after they
complete basic
training.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
27. On another front,
Rep. Jeff Denham
(R-Calif.) has
introduced the
ENLIST Act which
would make
undocumented
immigrants eligible
for citizenship upon
completing military
service.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
30. http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
The Pew Research Center
forecast is based on various
factors:
• Projected change in global
population
• Current size and location of
world religions
• Age differences of religious
adherents
• Estimated religious
switching
• Impact of migration patterns
• Fertility and mortality rates
35. Immigration
opponents claim that
the number of
children trying to
enter the U.S. this
summer will exceed
the surge of 2014.
They assert it’s a
guessing game until
June and July have
passed.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
36. .According to
Michael Fisher,
chief of the U.S.
Border Patrol,
“based on where we
are halfway through
this year, we will
not see the level of
unaccompanied
children that we
saw last year.”.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
37. At present,
unaccompanied children
caught on the U.S
borders are down 45%.
Immigrant children from
27 different countries
have been taken into
custody. 90% are from
just four countries –
Guatemala, El Salvador,
Honduras, and
Nicaragua.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
40. In New York a
woman was
taken into
custody for
marrying ten
different persons
whom she then
sponsored for
immigration
benefits.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
41. Nine of her
marriages took
place between
1999 and 2002.
Prosecutors say
she was married
to eight men at
once.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
42. Seven of the
men are
immigrants
from the DHS
list of “red-
flagged”
countries.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
43. 9
Is the U.S. Customs And
Border Protection Changing
Strategy?
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
45. Since 9/11 the number
of CBP officers more
than doubled.
“When we lowered our
standards of hiring and
did not properly vet
people, we made
mistakes in who got
hired. We paid a price
for that and are
continuing to pay a
price.“
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
46. Some immigration
observers describe the
CBP as “America’s most
out of-control law
enforcement agency.
Violence and corruption
rose in CBP’s ranks, with
nearly one CBP officer
arrested for misconduct
every single day between
2005 and 2012.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
47. The newly arrived
Central American
children are not a
border security
issue.
They are a border
management
problem.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
48. 10
No Safe Harbor For War
Criminals?
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
50. After wars end,
participants often
seek refuge in far-
away lands.
Like General Vides,
they often hide their
roles in carrying out
war crimes.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
51. Some experts said
the deportation of
Vides was a message
to the world that
America would not
harbor persons who
had committed
human rights
violations and war
crimes.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
52. A week later, the
U.S. was publicly
criticized for failing
to pursue similar
actions against an
acknowledged Nazi
war criminal,
Michael Karkoc,
living in
Minnesota.
http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com
53. Do You Want To Know
More About Immigration?
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Attorney at Law
Tel: (800) 646-0667
Fax: (951) 929-0782
Email: carlos@bataraimmigrationlaw.com
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