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  • U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to DAPA
    U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to DAPA
    Newark, NJ- The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday, January 20th, it would hear the legal challenge to one of the Obama Administration’s immigration policies, Deferred Action for Parental Accountability. If the high court decides in the Obama Administration’s favor, millions of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. could apply for relief...
  • U.S. will Receive Help from U.N. to Process Central American Immigrants
    U.S. will Receive Help from U.N. to Process Central American Immigrants
    Newark, NJ- After another surge of immigrants at the Southern Border, U.S. immigration agencies will now get help processing and screening immigrants from Central American migrants who have not yet entered the U.S. The Obama Administration announced the new program on Tuesday, January 12, 2015, noting that the details are...
  • Department of Homeland Security to Focus on Border Security and Removals
    Department of Homeland Security to Focus on Border Security and Removals
    Newark, NJ- This week, in a press release issued on Monday, January 4, 2016, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson outlined some of his agency's and ICE's immigration enforcement priorities for the upcoming year. He also reinforced the removal priorities of his agency in accordance with President Obama's executive...
  • Hudson County Partners with ICE to Enforce Immigration
    Hudson County Partners with ICE to Enforce Immigration
    Hudson County, NJ- Enforcing the U.S. immigration laws can be a mammoth task, so Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies on help from local law enforcement agencies for help. In 2009, the Hudson County Department of Corrections entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with ICE to honor immigration detainers and...
  • DAPA on Course to be decided by U.S. Supreme Court in 2016
    DAPA on Course to be decided by U.S. Supreme Court in 2016
    Newark, NJ- Over a year after President Obama announced one of his key immigration policies, Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, or DAPA, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas’s request for delay, increasing the chances of the case being decided by next summer. If decided in the White House’s favor, DAPA...