CNN reported that immigrants created 28% of all new firms last year. They were also twice as likely to start a new business when compared to those born in the United States. It's a notable shift. Nearly all new firms are small, and many...
Latino Justice reported that immigration policy is a complex web of competing local interests and national norms that has seen its share of debate in New Jersey in recent years. As the federal administration struggles to pass comprehensive immigration reform some New Jersey governmental units...
Our Philadelphia Immigration attorneys represented an individual detained in York County Prison who had been a lawful permanent resident since 1986 when he was 7 years old. He had been arrested multiple times but had only one conviction for Carrying Firearms without a License pursuant to...
The American Immigration Council reported that this year, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is up for reathorization. Last week, the Senate passed a reauthorization (S. 1925)—which provides protection to people who are the victims of domestic violence, rape, trafficking, sexual assault, stalking, and similar crimes—by...
The Supreme Court granted certiarori in Chaidez v. United States to determine whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies retroactively to persons whose convictions became final before the decision was announced. Padilla held that criminal defendants receive ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when their attorneys...
