Immigration

By Gary Endelman If demography is destiny, as Auguste Compte famously observed, then it may not be that much of an exaggeration to say that comprehensive immigration reform as a winning political issue has finally come of age in the aftermath of President Obama’s decisive re-election. Riding a tsunami of […]

By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta Since President Obama’s decisive re-election victory, there has been a growing realization, mainly among Republicans, that the party will continue to be decimated in future elections if it does not take action on reforming the broken immigration system. It is clear that Romney’s […]

By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta Immigration lawyers are used to interpreting complex immigration statutes in the absence of regulations. Indeed, there has evolved a “common law” within immigration practice based on governmental guidance memos and even letters written by government officials in response to an attorney’s query. Immigration […]

By Gary Endelman and Cyrus Mehta Article II, Sec. 3 of the Constitution provides that the President “shall take Care that the laws be faithfully executed.”   That being so, can President Obama grant deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) whose presence here represents a violation of US law? Professors Robert […]