Virtual Office Attorney

The New York Times highlights in a recent article the growing activity of immigration enforcement by state and local governments who are frustrated by the inaction of federal legislators to create and approve immigration reform.

I think in the immigration arena, it is better for the U.S. congress to legislate.  Consistency of the law  and the enforcement of the law.  This way, everyone knows what the law is and how to be within the law. 

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The Los Angeles Times featured this difficult story for one family of a Mexican national, his United States Citizen wife and United States citizen children.  Because of 10 year bars, the family has made a difficult choice so that the family can be together. That choice has been to live in the dangerous city of Tijuana, Mexico.

Should families like this one be forced to suffer?   Or is comprehensive immigration reform that would allow this family to reunite in the US the answer?  Let me know what you think. 

According to the Dallas Morning News, informal surveys by the Mexican consulate in Dallas, many Mexican nationals returning to Mexico cite the sudden scarcity of jobs, fear of deportation and uncertainty about obtaining legal resident status any time soon.

Enrique Hubbard Urrea, Mexican consul general in Dallas, said it is impossible to track every Mexican who leaves the area. But he said the number asking for transfer documents at the consulate is on the rise.