Law360, New York (March 09, 2015, 8:50 PM ET) — A Texas federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to explain its recent revelations that 100,000 people had already been granted three years of deferred deportation under the president’s executive immigration actions before the policy was blocked, saying […]
Immigrant entrepreneurs and small business owners contribute to local economies, often forming the backbone of neighborhoods. As part of his November announcement on immigration executive action, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum that creates a White House Task Force on New Americans to explore ways to strengthen federal immigrant and […]
By JOSH GERSTEIN A federal judge signaled Monday that he has no plans to act soon on the Obama Administration’s request to stay an order blocking President Barack Obama’s latest round of executive actions on immigration. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen said in an order issued Monday afternoon that […]
Jenny Rodriguez, 26, right, and Rita Mendoza Chapa, left, are trying to sustain their family after Rodriguez’s partner and Mendoza Chapa’s son Henry Alvarado was deported to Honduras last month. Lawyers across the country and throughout Texas say immigration authorities are wrongly detaining or even deporting immigrants who should no […]