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 security threats, the President authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to significantly expand its use of prosecutorial […]
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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 without nationality who last habitually resided in one of those three countries) will […]
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 individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents (DAPA). A. Expanding DACA: remove the age cap and […]
