Deportation Priorities

President Obama’s immigration related executive actions announced on November 20, 2014 set new, department-wide guidance for apprehension, detention, and removal of aliens from the United States. While the enforcement and removal policies will still focus on national...

Temporary Protected Status due to Ebola Outbreak

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson designated Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months due to the outbreak of Ebola disease in West Africa. The TPS means that eligible nationals of these three countries (and people...

Expanding Prosecutorial Discretion

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the memorandum detailing President Obama’s executive actions exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children (DACA) and with respect to certain...

President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents

On November 20, 2014 president Barack Obama announced his long awaited executive action on immigration, which will affect an estimated 5 million undocumented people currently living in the United States. While the president emphasized his actions don’t provide a path...
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