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...
"Unless and until DOMA is struck down, repealed or other changes to the law occur, U.S. immigration officials will not approve a marriage-based immigrant petition filed for a same-sex spouse. The good news is that are many pending challenges to DOMA, both in court and in Congress. A federal court challenge to DOMA in the immigration context here in California has not yet been successful due mostly to Ninth Circuit precedent, i.e. Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 1036 (9th Cir. 1982). It is widely debated whether a constitutional challenge to DOMA in the immigration context could even prevail. Either way, as long as DOMA remains law, married same-sex binational couples and their families who want to lawfully stay together in the U.S. need to plan very carefully so as to avoid the unnecessary risks of, and consequences associated with, being denied a visa, being denied entry into the U.S., or being subject to apprehension and/or deportation by U.S. immigration officials. It is time for our great nation to move forward with this basic human rights issue and end DOMA once and for all." - Joseph J. Shepherd, Jan. 5, 2012.