The “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” is an immigration reform bill that has been received with broad bipartisan support. The bill was negotiated, written, and sponsored by the Senate’s “Gang of Eight”, a bipartisan group of senators committed to...
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Same Sex Couples Now Have the Right to Sponsor a Spouse
On June 26, 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court determined in the Windsor case that the section of DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act) that stated, among other things, that same sex couples did not have the legal right to marry, was unconstitutional, the Court opened the door for a U.S. citizen or...
Family Unity Waiver Extended
Before 2013, if an undocumented immigrant wished to apply for a green card, he or she had to leave the United States and apply from his or her home country. This problem often came up when a green card holder or an American citizen wished to sponsor a spouse, but the spouse entered the United...