Rachel Browning’s Legal Blog

Not wanting to remain out of the ever-expanding loop of social networking, the Department of Homeland Security has created a new website called Our Border to promote an open dialogue among wide network of people interested in Southwest border issues. The website features groups such as Comprehensive Immigration Reform, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, Customs [...]

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            Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano hosted an informal meeting at the White House, attended by 100-plus immigrant advocates, business and labor leaders, and law enforcement representatives, to reaffirm President Obama’s and his administration’s commitment to fair and reasonable immigration reform.  And while the meeting didn’t garner the level of [...]

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            In a signal that the Obama Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are serious about responding to the criticisms of immigrant and human rights advocates, the Assistant Secretary of DHS announced this week that the DHS will be undertaking a series of reforms, effective immediately, to overhaul U.S. immigration detention system.  These reforms [...]

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While Congress has yet to consider any large-scale reforms to our system of immigration, (a.k.a. “comprehensive immigration reform”) representatives in both the House of Representatives and Senate have introduced smaller bills, targeting specific areas of reform, particularly within the last couple of months.  Here is s brief run-down of the bills under consideration:
People Resolved to [...]

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In his campaign for the presidency, President Barack Obama vowed to promote policies that would reform our nation’s immigration system comprehensively, those that focused not just on border security, but reforms that would “bring people out of the shadows,” keep families together and remove the various hurdles that encourage people to enter and remain in [...]

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