The Director of the Immigrants’ Rights Projects of the American Civil Liberties Union said that cities and states in trying to work out their own solutions to illegal immigration are not making constructive changes and are slowing efforts in fixing what is a federal problem. I agree. State and local immigration laws do not advance […]

ICE opened a new investigations unit in Tulsa, OK. The announcement stated that the investigators stationed in Tulsa will focus on gangs, human trafficking and drug trafficking. I disagree with the mass deportations that we are currently undergoing on humanitarian grounds as they tear apart many good families and legal grounds as many of the […]

Filmmaker George Adams is making a documentary movie about state immigration laws. Since the passage of HB 1804 no news organization has taken a serious look at HB 1804 and its effect on the state and many of our citizens and resident foreign nationals. The production needs individuals and businesses to step forward and provide […]

The College Board’s trustees voted unanimously to support passage of the Dream Act. The College Board is the same group that administers the SAT exam. As usual, the story, in seeking “balance,” quotes some representative from FAIR saying how unfair the Dream Act will be to citizens. Every government measure has some inherent unfairness to […]

Immigration Attorney won a big victory in his quest to end the so-called widow penalty. The widow penalty concerns spouses who filed to adjust status but their United States citizen spouses die before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services issues a final decision. The Los Angeles Times reports that U.S. District Judge Christina A. […]

A commentary in the Wall Street Journal calls for more legal avenues for foreign nationals to enter the United States. The word that needs to be put in play here is “reasonable.” We need a reasonable level of enforcement coupled with reasonable number of avenues for entry.

A Hearst Newspapers story shows that heightened security at Canadian border catching few terror suspects but creating backlog of unlawful immigrant cases. One Border Patrol agent said, “We hold everyone; it’s absurd,” adding that the Border Patrol in upstate New York commonly describe their work as “immigration Dumpster-diving.” “Give people a way to (legal) status, […]

Many Americans who thought they gave up their Canadian citizenship when naturalizing in the United States just got their citizenship back. And, their USA born children will also get Canadian citizenship bestowed on them. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The April 17 amendment to Canada’s Citizenship Act automatically restores Canadian nationality to many people […]

The Governor’s Advisory Council on Latin American and Hispanic Affairs asked the Okahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson to investigate an alleged immigration scam that supposedly bilked $185,000 from 10 people. Oklahoma prosecutors do not currently actively investigate immigration scams. I recall last year that the Daily Oklahoman even did a profile of one of these […]

The Oklahoma governor and legislator took a step back from the harsh ID requirements of HB 1804 when attempting to renew an Oklahoma drivers license after it expires. Under HB 1804, which went into effect on November 1, 2007, those renewing an expired license needed to appear before a state drivers license examiner. Under the […]