Citizenship

Proposed Path to Citizenship Not Without Obstacles

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/29/2013

The U.S. Senate’s “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013? contains a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants who have been in this country since on or before...more

Senate Officially Unveils Proposal for a Path to Citizenship

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/26/2013

Less than 10 days ago, the U.S. Senate put forward a legislative proposal entitled, “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013,” which would provide millions of undocumented...more

Byzantine Pathways to Legal Immigration Need Reform

by Ronald Shapiro on 3/18/2013

A recent post on the Washington Post’s WonkBlog brilliantly illustrates, with a Rube Goldberg style flow chart, just how complex and lengthy the pathways to legal immigration in the U.S. have become. A link to another flow...more

The Second Obama Term: President Outlines Major Immigration Overhaul

by Eric S. Bord, Lisa Stephanian Burton, Tracy Evlogidis, Malcolm K. Goeschl, Eleanor Pelta, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri | Morgan Lewis on 2/5/2013

Second term begins with an increased focus on immigration issues; Congress signals bipartisan agreement on similar principles. On January 29, just a few weeks after President Barack Obama reconfirmed his commitment to...more

Immigration Reform Quickly Moving to the Top of Obama's Second Term Agenda by George C. Crawford

by King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

Prospects for action on a revamping of immigration policy continue to brighten after President Obama's second inaugural speech. Addressing the subject, the President said, "Our journey is not complete until we find a better...more

IMMIGRATION CLIENT ALERT: Comprehensive Immigration Reform

by Shaoul Aslan, Kristin Wells | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/5/2013

This week, the promised launch of a new political effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. Congress has taken off. Yesterday, eight Senators unveiled their outline of a bipartisan plan for comprehensive...more

Immigration Reform: Comparing the Senate Proposal with the White House Proposal

by Diane M. Butler | Lane Powell PC - Immigration Law on 2/1/2013

This week, both President Obama and the Senate announced frameworks for comprehensive immigration reform. The following is a comparison of key elements in each of the plans....more

Immigration Reform Update: What Do The Senate and Presidential Proposals Mean?

by Ian Scott | Scott Legal Services, P.C. on 1/30/2013

Now that the fiscal cliff has been dealt with, Immigration reform appears to be the next big item on the agenda for the President and Congress. Just this week both the Senate and the President unveiled a framework for...more

Department Of Homeland Security Announces Final Rule On Unlawful Presence Waivers

by Julie Ferguson, Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 1/4/2013

The Department of Homeland Security today announced a final rule that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to...more

Coast Guard Issues New Citizenship "Mechanisms of Compliance"

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 11/30/2012

This morning, the Coast Guard issued a Notice in the Federal Register entitled “Mechanisms of Compliance With United States Citizenship Requirements for the Ownership of Vessels Eligible to Engage in Restricted Trades by...more

Chasing the Dream: Sorting Fact and Myth Is Biggest Obstacle to Immigration Reform

by Cox Smith on 5/25/2012

Originally published in ABA JOURNAL - May 2012. Consensus doesn't seem to have a place in policy discussions about the state of the U.S. immigration system. But there is, at least, widespread agreement that the system...more

Immigration Reform: A political catch phrase or a true glimmer of hope

by Lara Romanello on 1/29/2012

This article highlights some of the viewpoints the Republican candidates have been throwing around about immigration reform; it also elaborates on these proposals and discusses whether or not they will work....more

A Final Chance for 2010 Immigration Reform

by Ronald Shapiro on 10/14/2010

Just before Congress ended its last session to allow for re-election campaigning, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010. This bill, which will...more

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