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Hundreds of deported migrants with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder may qualify to return to the U.S. It’s the result of a settlement finalized in U.S. District Court last week between the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
When Victorugo Rodriguez Tello, 27, was arrested in December by a team that included U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, he hoped his case would be resolved swiftly. He said he didn’t understand why they would bother with someone like him — eligible for a green card through marriage, with no criminal record that would disqualify him from permanent residence, living in the U.S. for more than a decade — when they had bigger fish to catch? Plus, he said, America struck him as a country with an immigration system shaped by logical rules and regulations, not intimidation.
In November 2014, Hurwitz Holt, APLC successfully appealed a denied U visa petition on behalf of a long-time client. The U visa is a nonimmigrant (temporary) visa for people who are victims of certain crimes and who cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation and/or prosecution of the crime.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) - There are about 150,000 undocumented immigrants in San Diego who may be eligible to take advantage of the President Obama's executive order. When the president offered a similar program a few years ago, only about a third of those eligible were willing to take the risk. Immigration advocates hope this time, more immigrants will come out of the shadows.
Beginning December 4, 2014, Hurwitz Holt, APLC will have free public assessments every Monday at 6:00 p.m. at our office located at 409 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 300, San Diego, California, 92104. No appointment is necessary to attend the free assessment. To schedule a private consultation (for a fee), you may contact our office for an appointment with one of our attorneys at (619) 239-7855.
Perhaps many people do not know that when they are or have been victims of crime, abuse or violation of their fundamental rights may qualify to get immigration status in this country, and not just for them or them but this benefit could be extended also to their closest relatives. This is one of the main reasons that led to the executive members of La Maestra Community Health Centers to create the legal advocacy program or, in English The Legal Advocacy Services Program whose mission is to serve, guide and inform people with problems in social and legal for them to make the right decision in order to find the right answer to your problems.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, said Tuesday that he plans to introduce a bill that would expedite the removal of thousands of illegal immigrants whose deportation cases are log-jammed in immigration courts. The announcement comes just days after White House officials announced a plan to review about 300,000 deportation cases and cancel all cases except those of criminal immigrants.
A reality show pilot about surviving two weeks as a maquiladora worker (attorney Matt Holt was involved in the show while a law student).
Do you imagine watching a big time corporate lawyer on television working an exhausting eight hour shift at a foreign-owned maquiladora plant for 60 dollars a week, and living in a wooden shack in one of the poorest shantytowns in Tijuana?
