The backlog in the federal immigration court system has eclipsed half a million pending cases, The Associated Press has learned. The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review said Wednesday there are now 500,051 pending immigration cases in the agency’s 59 courts. The backlog has been steadily rising in recent […]
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by Julián Aguilar The Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the legality of the president’s controversial immigration enforcement plan, which stalled last month when the high court deadlocked on an appeal. The program, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA, […]
By Ann Saphir and Terry Wade Two top U.S. central bankers jumped into the debate over immigration this week with surprising candor, with one calling for engagement in what he said would be “a horribly difficult debate” so as to ensure better economic growth. Federal Reserve policymakers typically try to […]
By Glenn Minnis (staff@latinpost.com) A growing group of “Dreamers” are expressing concern the information they supplied to the government in hopes of benefiting from the immigration executive actions once enacted by President Obama will now be used against them. Given the recent Supreme Court decision that effectively nullified the president’s […]