On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to promote the policy known as Buy American and Hire American. In President Trump’s words, the order established a government policy “to aggressively promote and use American-made goods and to…
During his presidential campaign, President Trump made repeated promises to conduct “extreme vetting” of all non-citizens applying for admission into the U.S. On May 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) released its proposal for “extreme vetting” measures, which…
On January 27, 2017 the President signed an Executive Order on Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals. This article focuses on Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Executive Order: Section 3: Bans entry for citizens of…
President Obama’s efforts to bring about immigration reform through executive action are running into heated opposition from Republicans, both in Congress and the courts. Even as details have yet to be announced, the reform plans are facing a lawsuit. On…
While media attention has focused on the border crisis involving large numbers of unaccompanied children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the larger issue of immigration reform continues to stagnate in the nation’s Capital as the political parties continue to…
Partisan politics continues to stand in the way of immigration reform. House Democrats this week offered a ‘discharge petition’ on an immigration overhaul bill (H.R. 15) in an attempt to force GOP leadership to bring the bill to a vote.…
On January 30, 2014, House Republicans issued a statement containing their “Standards for Immigration Reform.” The statement comes following a year which included passage of a Senate immigration bill, only to have the House fail to pass any similar legislation…
Historic law to become effective on June 1, 2014 Today Illinois’ governor Pat Quinn will sign the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act into law, which passed the Illinois legislature November 5, 2013. The bill is scheduled to be signed…
BREAKING: On October 2, 2013, House Democrats released their own version of a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Xavier Becerra, Ruben Hinojosa, Joe Garcia, Joe Crowley, Judy Chu, and others presented the legislation. The text of the bill…
Comprehensive immigration reform took a major step forward last week after the U.S. Senate passed Senate Bill 744, the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act." The U.S. House now takes up immigration reform, but with a Republican majority…