DHS, July 2, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Council on Combating Gender-Based Violence (CCGBV) has two announcements to share with you. Building on DHS’s commitment to improving...
CMS, July 5, 2024 "President Biden’s recent decision to extend parole-in-place to the undocumented spouses of US citizens who entered the country without inspection is a significant first...
DHS OIG, July 3, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not adjudicate affirmative asylum applications in a timely manner to meet statutory timelines and to reduce its existing...
Miliyon Ethiopis, July 8, 2024 "I feel like I have been born again, after a U.S. immigration court made a remarkable ruling in my “statelessness” case in June . I hope that my case will...
Identical DHS and DOS media notes are here and here . Media coverage here , here , here , here , here and here . The intent is to curtail irregular migration through the Darién Gap . [I have...
"A few weeks ago when Juan Perez of Sunnyside and his wife, Diana Blanco De La O, celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, the couple couldn't give each other that anniversary's traditional gift of flowers. They couldn't share a romantic dinner out, or even a low-key night propping their feet up at home and snuggling through a rented movie. The couple have lived more than 2,800 miles apart since early 2011, when Blanco De La O became stranded in Mexico while trying to obtain a green card. They've spent almost two years trying to convince the federal government why it's a hardship for a husband and wife to be separated. And their attorney, Tom Roach of Pasco, says they never should have been separated at all. "This is bureaucratic stupidity," Roach told the Herald." - Michelle Dupler, Tri-City Herald, Nov. 25, 2012.
Marine Juan Perez of Sunnyside has been fighting the federal government for nearly two years to get a green card for his wife, Diana Blanco De La O. She was born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. illegally by her family at age 9. The couple have lived more than 2,800 miles apart since early 2011, when Blanco De La O became stranded in Mexico while trying to obtain a green card. Photo courtesy Juan Perez.