Blog Posts in March, 2009

Bill Would Help Immigrant Students Earn Citizenship

A new bill is being reintroduced to the Senate that, if passed, would allow immigrants who have grown up, undocumented, in the U.S. to qualify for permanent legal residency and eventually full ...

Drug War Leads to Rise in Mexican Citizens Seeking Asylum

Due to the violent drug war currently underway in Mexico, thousands of Mexican citizens have begun seeking asylum in the U.S. The number of asylum petitions from Mexican citizens increased from 1,331 ...

Merino Law Office becomes a member of Find an Immigration Attorney

Merino Law Office becomes a member of Find an Immigration Attorney. We are pleased to announce that Boston Immigration Attorney, Merino Law Office, has become a member of our immigration lawyer ...

Hundreds Could Be Deported Under Immigration Law

More than 200 immigrants throughout the country could be deported under what's known as the "widow's penalty," a federal policy that orders widows and widowers out of the county if their U.S. citizen ...

Supreme Court Ruling Changes Asylum Law

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that U.S. government officials have the right to determine the fate of a person seeking asylum in the U.S. who was forced into persecuting, torturing, or murdering ...