A Week in Baby Jail – Dilley, TX Volunteering at the Immigration Family Detention Center for Women and Children The Story of Mariposa My name is Brian Pando. I am a law student, as well as a legal assistant here at Kobayashi Law. The week of July 19 – 25, 2015, I had the […]
The Truth Behind Immigrants and Crime
On June 15, 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States, and in the process, infuriated many with his statements on immigrants. In particular, Trump stated, “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.] A new report from the American Immigration Council, “The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States,” however, […]
World Refugee Day – June 20th, 2015
On June 20, 2015, the world celebrated World Refugee Day, an international observance dedicated to raising awareness about the situation of refugees around the world. The United Nations Refugee Agency has announced that almost 60 million people have been forcibly displaced from their home countries, with nearly 20 million being refugees, and over half are […]
The Injunction Remains – The Wait Continues
Expanded DACA & DAPA – Blocked! On February 16, 2015, District Judge Andrew Hanen issued an injunction on the expanded DACA and new DAPA programs, effectively blocking the programs from being implemented in February and May, respectively, until a decision could be made on a lawsuit brought forward by Texas and 26 other states. […]
ACLU Class Action Settlement on Unfair Voluntary Returns
You May Know a Class Action Member! – On February 25, 2015 a settlement in the case of Lopez-Venegas v. Johnson was approved by a federal judge, ending the deceitful immigration practice of federal immigration officers pressuring, coercing, or misinforming non-citizens to sign documents to return to their country and waive their right to appear […]
Over 600 Volunteers at the Mega Naturalization Workshop!!!
Making Citizenship Possible – On Saturday, May 16, 2015, The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative held a Mega Naturalization Workshop, in which members of our law firm participated. The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative (SF pathways) is a three-year public, private partnership between the City’s Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs […]
Children and Immigration
Lives in the Balance – Last year, in 2014, a huge surge of unaccompanied minors flooded the Mexican border and crossed into the United States. They numbered over 68,000, and they mostly came from Central America’s Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Gang violence, drugs, cartel activity, and lawlessness plague these three countries. […]
Are You Afraid of Foreign Skilled Workers?
For Our Country’s Future, We Need More High-Skilled Immigrants The H-1B Story USCIS began accepting application for H-1Bs on April 1, and less than a week later, had more than filled the caps with a total of about 233,000 H-1B applications. On April 7, 2015, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the […]
President Obama’s Immigration Plan
AT LAST!! President Obama announces his New Immigration Plan! President Obama addressed the Nation on Thursday evening (Nov. 20, 2014) and announced his plan for immigration reform. This new immigration initiative provides for a deferred action that will protect millions of undocumented people who have been in the United States from their families being […]