What is Special Immigrant Juvenile Protection? Also abbreviated SIJ or called Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) is a federal law that helps to protect undocumented children and youth who are in state custody (up to ages 18-21) to gain legal access to permanent residency and later citizenship if they are deemed to be abandoned or
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protects over 800,000 so-called “dreamers” from deportation after being illegally brought into The United States as a minor. After President Trump’s numerous court battles, the Supreme Court of The United States has agreed to resolve the fate of Dreamers, which is set for the next court term. The year-long
What is DACA? DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program was created by President Barack Obama in 2012 by order of executive action. The program allows for undocumented immigrants who entered into the United States as children under the age of 16, and who have been living in the United States since June
Immigrants with Final Deportation Orders and Criminal Convictions Will Likely Be Targeted The government branch responsible for carrying out deportations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement have signaled the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants as two Department of Homeland Security officials said on Tuesday, are unable to deport “millions of illegal aliens” as President Trump had promised
What is VAWA? The Violence Against Women Act (also called VAWA) is a United States federal law which was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 to handle investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women. How is VAWA linked to immigration? VAWA allows for the possibility that certain individuals who might not otherwise be
DACA was slated to end on March 5, 2018, but the U.S. District Court recently issued an injunction to prevent DACA termination. Nearly 700,000 young immigrants who have no legal status in the U.S. benefit from DACA and have valid employment cards so they can work and attend college. The Trump administration announced on September
With some bipartisanship from Republicans and Democrats, the United States house with a democratic majority was able to pass the latest version of the DREAM Act, an ambitious effort to expand on a long-lived legislation effort that would place millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants on temporary status on a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
