“La tierra se secó.” That was my dad’s short explanation for why he left Mexico as a teenager in the 1970s. His family relied on their small farm in rural northern Mexico for subsistence. But when the droughts came, the land could no longer sustain them. So, he, like my mother, moved to the U.S. […]
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As one of the Biden administration’s final acts on immigration, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is extending four grants of Temporary Protected Status – covering nearly 1 million immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan – through fall 2026. The extensions will allow people from those countries who are currently […]
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On January 6, 2025, Justin Trudeau announced that he will be stepping down as Canada’s Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party. After nearly a decade in office, this marks the end of his time as the country’s leader, which started in 2015.
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The Supreme Court recently cut off another path for judicial review of decisions by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudicators. In Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, the Court held that a decision to revoke the prior approval of an immigrant visa petition filed by a U.S. citizen on behalf of her noncitizen spouse could not be […]
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Some of you may be contemplating the need to hire an immigration lawyer to prepare and submit your application. Familiar questions can be, why do I need one, am I wasting my money, and what value could it add?
These are all very important questions to ask yourself when deciding to trust your application to be submitted to the Canadian government.
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