Immigration fraud is a silent epidemic. The effect goes far beyond the money stolen from immigrants under the false pretense of helping them.
Immigration fraud destroys the dreams of hard-working immigrants and their families.
The exact number of victims are unknown.
“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”
I was a teenager when I first heard those words. It was a sad moment. Ted Kennedy, the youngest of the three Kennedy brothers, was giving the eulogy at his brother’s funeral.
The evening before Robert was shot and killed in Los Angeles, I had shaken his hand as he toured Southeast San Diego in an open motorcade.
Given the uncertain future of immigration programs, preparation and planning ahead are perhaps the two most essential elements for immigration success.
For many immigrants, the quest to live and work legally in the United States has been an incessant roller coaster ride.
One day, immigration reform is just around the corner. A day later, reform is just another word, void of practical meaning.
Humane Borders is a non-profit organization which offers assistance to migrants in need through the deployment of emergency water stations on routes used by those coming north through the desert.
Located in Tucson, Arizona, Humane Borders was founded in June 2000 to create a safe and death free border environment. The strength of its efforts rely on its vast volunteer membership of more than 1,500 indivduals and private donations.
Our country, government leaders tell us, is in the throes of an economic recovery.
Not too long ago, according to leading monetary and labor indicators, we experienced a long, drawn-out depression. The politicians called it a recession. After being spoon fed the same rhetoric month after month, the public followed suit.
The depression was transformed into a recession.
Likewise, the American public has lived through a lengthy period of immigration darkness.
Elected officials, chanting now is the time, have started working on a series of immigration measures. Over and over again, like a chorus line, they claim their efforts are focused on comprehensive immigration reform. Most of the public, including many immigrant rights advocates, have followed suit.
The immigration judge was not in a good mood.
Before my client’s removal hearing began, the judge scolded the government attorney.
As a deportation defense lawyer, it was clear the Immigration and Customs Enforcement war on immigrants was causing administrative problems for the immigration court.
“I am putting you on notice,” noted the judge, “that I am closing my courtroom down at 11:30 sharp.” Read More
Once upon a time, I believed government was the solution.
Whatever the problem, be it poverty, health care, the environment, or immigration reform, it seemed elected officials held the key to change in their hands.
Of course, this was long before I became an immigrant advocate and defense lawyer.
As an immigration attorney, I know the barriers immigrants face to obtain a fair trial in immigration court.
They’re huge.
However, they’re small compared to the obstacles they face to get a fair trial in the arena of public opinion.
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