Immigration

SEATTLE – A former attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who used a falsified document in an immigration proceeding, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 30 days in prison, 100 hours of community service, one year of supervised release, and a 10-year ban on practicing law. Jonathan […]

by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA — David and Alex, two Guatemalan teenage cousins, were part of the wave of unaccompanied children who arrived in the United States from Central America starting in late 2013. They separately entered the country one year and seven months apart to leave dire […]

By David Noriega A former prosecutor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington State was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in prison after forging a document in order to deport a Mexican construction worker. Although the former prosecutor, Jonathan M. Love, has now pled guilty and been sentenced, there was […]

By Robert F. Loughran The annual number of relinquishments of U.S. Citizenship has grown exponentially in just the last few years. According to data published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in 2015, a total of 4,279 people relinquished their U.S. citizenship, 800 more than the previous year.  In […]