Free Immigration Info Session & Case Assessment!

Download: English Flyer | Spanish Flyer Get your immigration questions answered by licensed attorneys for FREE! Stop by Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Wednesday, June 15 for information sessions and case assessments by lawyers of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). There will be no cost to participants for this event. Information sessions will cover naturalization and the basics of family immigration. The first session will begin at 5:00 and individual case assessments ...

US agent named in suit over Mexican teen death

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA Associated Press EL PASO, Texas -- The family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent is now naming the officer as part of its lawsuit against the federal government, a family lawyer said Friday. Bob Hilliard told the The Associated Press that the agent is Jesus Mesa Jr., whose last name has also been spelled Meza. "This allows us to identify the shooter, we hope we can get his history," Hilliard said in a phone interview. ...

Border Patrol Hiring Spike Hurts Agency’s Ability to Unearth Corruption

By Nadia Tamez-Robledo The increase in the number of new Border Patrol agents along the southern border has made it difficult to screen job candidates and agents suspected of criminal activity. Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin told members of a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs subcommittee that the influx of agents over three years has made it impossible to rescreen thousands of ...

Petition to Gov. Brown: Take California out of the S-Comm Program. No More Arizonas.

OVERVIEW New York, Illinois, and Massachsetts have all ended the dangerous "Secure Communities" program.   Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia are all headed in the other direction. What will California do? On Friday, Los Angeles lawmakers weighed in.  "There's a train wreck looming." said Congressman Xavier Becerra on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall.  He continued, "ICE's so-called Secure Communities program translates into less security, not more."  Congresswoman Judy Chu a...

Nancy Pelosi: Secure Communities is a “Waste of Taxpayer Money”

By Maria Ponce In a recent meeting with La Opinión’s editorial board, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi criticizes the Administration’s implementation of the controversial Secure Communities program. La Opinión quotes: I understand that this is a program that is designed for a specific purpose, not simply to catch the undocumented but dangerous criminals. I think what we’ve seen is that the government has been applying the program too enthusiastically, even though they deny it.  We k...

Border seen as unlikely terrorist crossing point

By Brady McCombs and Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star Editor's note: This story first appeared Sunday as an exclusive for our print readers. A turning political tide has renewed fears that raged after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks - that terrorists will sneak into the country across the U.S.-Mexico border. Nobody disputes that's possible, but analysts and government officials say terrorists plotting to kill Americans are more likely to use other routes into the country, if they're...