White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said there are not enough votes for the Obama administration to achieve its desired immigration reform, and change in the system as we know it today. The plan was derailed when conservative activists, who claimed the program would have constituted “amnesty” for illegal immigrants,…
President Barack Obama will gather congressional leaders at the White House next month to launch a policy discussion on immigration, according to an administration official, but legislative action isn’t likely until next year at the earliest. he June 8 meeting is meant to show the White House is moving on…
I was shocked when the June 2009 visa bulletin came out. The cutoff date for India in the EB2 category has retrogressed to January 1, 2000. The June Visa Bulletin will become effective as of June 1st. Thus, the May Visa Bulletin, with an EB2 India cutoff date of February…
Several thousand immigration rights advocates marched in Los Angeles, San Diego and hundreds gathered in the rain in San Francisco on Friday, but crowds in California appeared much smaller than in previous May Day demonstrations. Marches in downtown Los Angeles took on a festive atmosphere with people carrying signs and…
Certainly more good news in the Immigration arena. According to the LA TimesThe College Board is supporting legislation that would offer some undocumented youths a path to citizenship through college or the military. The association best known for the SAT and AP tests it administers is stepping into the contentious…
Living in a border city like San Diego we hear stories like this one from time to time. The AP report about Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never…
We are reporting constantly on this program. As many of you know, On 23 February the United States Army initiated a pilot test that allows the enlistment of certain legal non citizens with foreign language abilities under the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) Recruitment Pilot. This test…
Recently President Obama told the lawmakers that he will travel next month to Mexico to discuss escalating violence from drug cartels and immigration with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, White House officials said. During the campaign, Obama supported a comprehensive overhaul of immigration policy, including creation of a possible path to…
We continue the updates on the MAVNI program. Through MAVNI, the U.S. Armed Forces will recruit nationwide for health care professionals and in New York City for those fluent in certain languages. Health care professionals will have the choice between a three-year contractual active duty tour or a six-year commitment…