Immigrants Should Seek Legal Advice Before Reporting for "Self-Deportation"    

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rolls out a new program that encourages immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation, Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center strongly encourages anyone considering the "self-deportation" option to first consult a qualified immigration lawyer.

Armed with web tools, America's immigration rights movement is being energized by young people. From video games to Facebook, members of today's generation are making it clear that they won't rest until they're utilizing all the resources available to them.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has jailed almost 9,000 foreign-born gang members since 2005.

A four-day operation that ended Wednesday targeted immigrants with gang ties in suburbs and towns northwest of Chicago. ICE, as the agency is known, says 42 of the 49 detainees have criminal histories.

That’s got Tara Magner of the Chicago-based National Immigrant Justice Center wondering about the other seven

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While coping with soaring prices and trying to stretch each dollar as far as possible, foreign nationals may be tempted to forgo seeking legal advice from competent immigration attorneys because of financial woes.However, now more than ever is the time where having a competent and reliable immigration attorney can be invaluable and can prevent unwanted removal from the United States.And, while other firms are letting staff go during these slow economic times, we have been blessed with the opportunity to continue our expansion.In my humble opinion, our ability to grow and expand is the result of our insistence upon quality, honesty and results.

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"Detainees from the Postville raid will move through the criminal process before they begin separate court hearings on being in the country illegally, federal immigration officials said Wednesday.

That fact alarms immigration attorneys who said if the detainees plead guilty to a crime, they will be immediately deported – even if they would’ve been eligible to stay in the United States"

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Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., says Congress should increase penalties for bringing illegal immigrants into the country. Bayh, who earlier this year voted against Senate consideration of a larger immigration package, said he would like to see a House-passed alien smuggling bill included in the final spending package Congress must pass before adjourning for the year

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Federal and local officers arrested 58 people in a four-day sweep of suburbs north of Chicago late last month. Immigration officials are calling it the largest dragnet targeting foreign-born gang members in Illinois history. But others say some of the detainees didn’t deserve to be targeted and don’t deserve what’s likely in store for them now: deportation.

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Regulations proposed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will threaten the legal status of thousands of permanent residents in the United States.