Houston Immigration Lawyer

The DREAM Act, a groundbreaking bill that would bring wide change to the status of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who today would technically be classified as illegal, has been pushed off the table for the time being due to intense opposition from Senate Republicans, according to a story that ran recently in the Houston […]

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Although it’s always an option, the situation that arose recently that saw the federal government sue the state of Illinois over a particular law is quite rare.  According to a recent report filed by the Associated Press, the lawsuit concerns an Illinois law that prevents employers in the state from taking part in a voluntary […]

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A federal lawsuit was filed recently on behalf of 10 immigrant workers in Danbury, Connecticut recently, and the suit alleges that the local law enforcement bodies were discriminatory in their enforcement of laws and regulations.  The story ran recently on Newsday.com, and the relevant passage from the article appears below.
“The lawsuit was filed on behalf […]

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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is an governmental entity that’s charged with finding and detaining illegal immigrants, among other duties.  ICE has been busily doing so recently, especially in New York.  However, according to an article that ran recently in the New York Times, a lawsuit has been filed against the government that alleges […]

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Political figures will often meet with editorial boards to discuss several issues and to make sure that their platforms remain in the public’s collective consciousness. Such was the case yesterday, when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger met with the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times. One of the topics he discussed was immigration.
“Gov. […]

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A group of democratic governors met in Little Rock today in order to have a panel discussion about pertinent issues, and according to a report filed by KATV Channel 7, one of the more controversial issues discussed was immigration, and specifically the potential friction that could arise between the states and the federal government as […]

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Recently, a church in California announced that it was housing an illegal immigrant from Mexico, and this news prompted a large protest soon thereafter. The protest required several infrastructural steps to be taken by the city of Simi Valley, and according to an article filed this morning by the San Diego Union-Tribune, the church […]

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Welcome to the immigration law blog of Smith & Garg, a law firm of Texas immigration lawyers with years of experience in helping those who need it in regards to their status of residency and citizenship in the United States.  Obviously, immigration law is one of the central issues that faces our society today, and […]

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As everyone understands, immigration is one of the hot-button issues facing our society today.  Politicians at every level are feeling the heat from their constituents on both sides of the issue, and many are reacting to demands for tougher immigration standards by passing local laws and ordinances that attempt to regulate immigrants and their status […]

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Immigration is an issue that’s being debated in every context in our society, and one of the most prevalent areas in which immigration issues are raised occurs when analyzing hiring practices of employers around the country.  This point was reinforced by an article that ran recently in the USA Today. 
“Scores of men barely out […]

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