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For people considering immigration services, one benefit you should know about is the American Social Security program. Many nonimmigrants are already paying taxes but not getting credit for the future checks that Americans get once they are 65 (which is based on the taxes they paid during their lifetime). These checks range from $800 -$3000 a month. For those who want to pay for thinking about the future where you social check retirement for the rest of your life.
The Trump Administration is actively deporting undocumented immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Washington Post reporter Nick Miroff, as reported in an article published in the Washington Post on April 9th, over 10,000 summary deportations have been processed since March 21st… just a little over three weeks. The deportations were performed under a special
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If you are detained or face a deportation removal hearing, what should you do? Call us. You need to call an immigration lawyer as quickly as you can. You may be told that you can file a voluntary departure notice with the Department of Homeland Security, which means you are volunteering to remove yourself from
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The public charge rule goes against American mythology. Favoring certain socioeconomic classes and races, it’s anti-melting pot. Working under the assumption that a person who has been impoverished in the past will be impoverished in the future, this rule is also anti-American Dream.
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For years now, Venezuelans have been clinging to survival while their corrupt leaders have pushed them ever closer to the edge. Venezuela’s leaders have feasted on the nation’s resources and squandered the rest while the average citizen has lost access to food staples, medicine, and toilet paper among other daily necessities. Some have died; others
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This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the sold-out premiere of a penetrating film called “Bolivar’s Heart” at the Dallas International Film Festival. An adaptation of author Margaret Donnelly’s historical novel by the same name, the film was an artistic collaboration between actor/director Leonel Gonzalez, Alma Productions, and the actors including Alan Ciangherotti,
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Venezuela was my home for the first 15 years of my life, but, today, it is not a place I recognize. In the 1950s, when I was a child, Venezuela had the fourth highest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world. We were a nation made wealthy by our oil. In fact, my father, an
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Over the past few weeks, we have seen a spike in outrage over the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border. Particularly horrifying are the reports that the children were being kept in cages, as if they are dogs. To be clear, our office has been speaking out against the practice
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For the past several years, we have heard about the benefits we, the American people, will reap from a big, multi-billion dollar border wall. As the story goes, it will make us more secure, decrease crime, and keep people from sneaking into our country. But is there any truth to this story? From what
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President Trump’s border wall plan is designed to keep our friends and family to the south out of our country, but at what cost? The impact on families who are divided by the wall is heartbreaking and shouldn’t be diminished. The emotional impact of a divisive wall is a top reason why it shouldn’t be
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