On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, January 31, 2014. President Obama put the possibility of immigration reform squarely back on the table during the State of the Union address this week. This was scarcely a surprise. After all, the president announced immigration reform as a key second-term priority […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, December 13, 2013. In the first part of this post, we wrote about how the delay in passing immigration reform has resulted in a remarkably high number of deportations during Barack Obama’s presidency. As we noted in our November 26 post, […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, December 6, 2013. The phrase “path to citizenship” is either two words or three, depending on whether one counts the conjunction. Either way, it’s obviously a short phrase. And yet it has become fraught with contention as Congressional inaction continues on […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Week after week in this blog, we have laid out reason after reason for comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level. In Minnesota, as in many other states, advocates have offered arguments for reform based on justice and […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, October 25, 2013. President Obama has not given up on enacting comprehensive immigration reform. To be sure, there is concern in Washington, DC and around the country that the partisan wrangling over the partial federal government shutdown “poisoned the well” of […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, October 11, 2013. Last weekend in Minneapolis, nearly 2,000 people gathered to rally for immigration reform. The rally included a march from the Basilica of St. Mary to the Hennepin County Government Center. The distance between those two points is not […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A.posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, October 4, 2013. What do the numbers say about trends in immigration to the U.S.? Despite the ongoing uncertainty about whether Congress will pass immigration reform, more people appear to be coming to America. The latest figures from the respected Pew […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, August 30, 2013. One of our main themes in this blog is the remarkable consensus that exists on the need for federal immigration reform. Business and religious leaders, labor groups and immigrant advocates are joining together, trying to get Congress […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, June 28, 2013. For 11 million undocumented immigrants, the U.S. Senate’s action this week in passing an immigration reform bill is major cause for hope. To be sure, it remains to be seen what the House of Representatives will do. But […]
