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Tres Vias de Prepararse por La Reforma Migratoria!

Todo el mundo ha escuchado del nuevo proyecto de la ley del Senado de Inmigración, la S eguridad Fronteriza , la Oportunidad de la Economía , el Acto de la Ley de Modernización de Inmigración del 2013 ( BSEOIMA) propuesta por la Banda bipartidista del grupo 8 . La clave aquí es recordar que se trata de una propuesta , aun no es ley. Sin embrago, n ada ha cambiado. Nuestras leyes actuales de inmigración, así como sean de malas, siguen vigentes . No hay necesidad de salir corriendo a contratar a un abogado , no hay nadie quien pueda trabajar en su bajo de este proyecto de ley, entonces no hay que pagarle a nadie, y no hay necesidad de pánico sobre sus calificaciones . Antes de que BSEOIMA se convierta en ley , habrá muchos cambios, algunos buenos y otros malos , y la única ley que importa es la que llega al escritorio del Presidente para su firma . Esto d icho, veamos a algunos puntos de clave sobre BSEOIMA . En primer lugar , todo el mund

Three Ways to Get Ready for Immigration Reform

Everyone has heard of the new Senate Immigration bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (BSEOIMA), proposed by the bi-partisan Gang of 8.  The key to remember is that this is a proposal, NOT a law. Nothing has changed yet.  Our current immigration laws, as bad as they are, are still in place.  There is no need to run out and hire an attorney, there is no one to pay to work on a case under this bill, and there is no need to panic about your qualifications. Before BSEOIMA becomes law there will be many changes, some good some bad, and the only law that matters is that one that ends up on the President’s desk for signature.  That said, let’s look at some key points of BSEOIMA. First , everyone has focused on the newly proposed Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status for undocumented and overstayed immigrants . RPI is a 10 year path to permanent residence that comes with interim work permits and travel permission, but wi

The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (BSEOIMA) An Outline

The bill is hard to come by still, but here is an outline of the bill. Rather that reinventing the wheel, here it is in all its glory.  As soon as we get the full bill, which we hear has 1,500 pages, we will summarize it in more detail and look at some of the items that have not made it into this summary.  http://www.dreamactivist.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/revised-outline-of-immigration-bill-4-15-2.pdf

Why Governor Deal Must Veto SB 160

The Georgia State Legislature passed SB 160 this last session.  SB 160 manipulates the way HB 87 is implemented, will bring great hardship to many businesses that contract with those who contract with the state, increases the scope of influence of the Immigration Enforcement Review Board (IERB), and likely violates federal law.   Simply put, SB 160 is Bad for Georgia Business, Bad for Georgia's Economy, Bad for all Immigrants in Georgia, and bad for Georgia's national image. It is important to understand why SB 160 is bad in so many ways. Section 1  expands HB 87 (Georgia’s Anti-Immigration law) by modifying its “Definition” of “contractor” to which entities HB 87 applies, and more importantly modifies the requirement in HB87 that the E-Verify requirements for state contractors for building projects to now include all sub and sub-sub contractors of such contractors in EVERY state contract for construction, products or services, with the exception of the