Up to a quarter of undocumented immigrants deported under Secure Communities, a federal program that is meant to identify criminals who are in the country illegally, had a clean criminal record and in some areas more than half of deportees had never been convicted of a crime, according to government statistics. In Maryland’s Prince George’s […]
Deportation Fears Prompt Immigrants to Prepare Wills for Families
October 12, 2010 By
As the immigration issue has heated up across the country, undocumented immigrants have begun turning to lawyers to help them prepare the necessary documents to help their families should they be separated. The legal documents will help determine what will happen to families and belongings should one of the providers be deported. “There’s a culture […]
U.S. Citizen Wrongfully Deported for Not Speaking English
September 14, 2010 By
Houston native Luis Alberto Delgado returned to the United States over the weekend after an 85-day expulsion from the country after he was wrongfully deported by immigration officials in June. Delgado, 19-yrs-old, was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a traffic stop in South Texas on June 17 and questioned for eight hours over […]
Fingerprint Initiative Causes Alarm
July 27, 2010 By
According to an article by the Associated Press, the federal government is expanding a fingerprint program used to identify illegal immigrants upon arrest. The program has not received as much attention as Arizona’s SB 1070 law but it potentially could have a bigger impact. The cities of San Francisco and Washington DC are not supporting […]
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