December 19, 2017
I'm sorry to be focusing all my blogs on DACA, but it's important enough not just to the DACA members, aka Dreamers, but other groups of immigrants as well.
Right now, the DACA members have the most political power because they have more public support than any other immigrant group. Probably all...
September 7, 2017
As most of you already know, President Trump rescinded the DACA program 2 days ago, on Tuesday, September 5th. The DACA Program has been such a successful and popular program that to have it rescinded left me, and many of you out there, very sad. However, there is still something you can do to help...
July 17, 2017
There have been some recent headlines about DACA that I'd like to address. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a program started by President Obama in June 2012 that granted 2 year work permits to people brought to the United States before turning 16 years old and who arrived here befo...
June 13, 2017
With all of the problems President Trump has been creating for himself with the Russia collusion probe and other issues, immigration has been mostly out of the news. It appears that the DACA program continues to be safe, the USCIS is approving new and renewed DACA applications within 2-3 months and ...
April 24, 2017
This past week, President Trump (I hate having to write that) again announced that he is not targeting "dreamers" for deportation. On Sunday, April 23, 2017, DHS Secretary John Kelly also said that during the 90+ days he's been on the job, there has been no focus on ending the DACA program. Since Tr...
February 7, 2017
It's now been 2 weeks since Donald Trump was elected President but it feels like it's been a year. The program that I am most worried about is the DACA program that President Obama started in 2012. I'm sure most people reading this know what the DACA program is so I won't bother getting into that.
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January 10, 2017
Well, a lot has happened in the last month about immigration. We are still waiting to hear from Donald Trump about what his plans are for DACA. He's made some encouraging comments in the last month, but Donald Trump is not a man you can judge by his words. He contradicts himself so often that ...