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Why Every Undocumented Immigrant Should Be Talking to a Lawyer Right Now

Posted on 06/18/25

At the Law Offices of James A. Welcome, we’ve spent over twenty years helping immigrants across Connecticut and beyond. We’ve seen hard times. We’ve seen unjust policies. But what we’re witnessing now under President Trump’s second term is something else entirely; a nationwide push for mass deportations with fewer safeguards, more raids, and harsher consequences.


What the Nationwide ICE Raids and Protests Reveal About Immigration Enforcement

Posted on 06/11/25

The immigration landscape in the United States has shifted dramatically—and rapidly since President Trump came back into office. Over the past several months, immigrants across the country have been living under the shadow of a sharp increase in ICE enforcement activity. Reports of coordinated raids, arrests in workplaces and neighborhoods, and targeted detentions are flooding


Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban Threatens Thousands Once Again

Posted on 06/06/25

When a travel ban affects entire countries, it doesn’t just shut borders, it shuts out opportunity, divides families, and creates widespread fear. On June 4, President Trump issued a new presidential proclamation reviving one of his most controversial policies: a broad travel ban targeting foreign nationals from 19 countries. This action, reminiscent of his original



Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan Immigrants Face Deportation After Supreme Court Ruling on TPS

Posted on 05/30/25

This morning, the Supreme Court issued a decision with immediate consequences for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela: the Trump administration may now suspend a humanitarian parole program that had allowed individuals from these countries to temporarily live and work in the United States. It’s the second such ruling this