In November of 2014, after Congress refused to pass any immigration reform, President Obama issued an executive order to help those that didn’t have legal status in the United States and had children that were born in the U.S. The program was called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or...
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DAPA Still on Hold
President Obama’s executive order from November 2014 has just received another legal setback. A three judge panel from the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. United States voted 2 to 1 against the Obama Administration. This allows the injunction of a Texas district court, which prevents the executive...
President Obama’s 2014 Immigration Executive Order
On November 21, 2014, President Obama announced that he would be issuing an executive order that would defer the deportation of millions of people who do not have legal status to be in the United States. To qualify for deferred action under the executive order, a person must meet the following...
Married Same-Sex Marriage Couples and Immigration Update
This past June, the Supreme Court ruled The Defense of Marriage Act, the law preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, unconstitutional. Previously, even with New York and fourteen other states passing laws allowing gay marriage, DOMA had barred the federal government...
President Obama takes action on Immigration when Congress doesn't
On November 20, 2014, President Obama laid out a sweeping plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system. This plan will drastically alter the lives of many undocumented immigrants living in the country. Although, most people have only heard discussion in the news about the part of the plan that...