For fifty years, the policy of the United States was to permit Cubans convicted of deportable crimes to remain in the United States. This policy is coming under review and may be reversed. The United States has not deported Cuban nationals from the United States and the Cuban government has…
South Florida criminal defense attorneys representing people swept up in the homeland security removal process witness horrors of epic proportion inflicted on communities and families in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Only the United States government can conceive of an oxymoron of such epic portions as a so-called secure communities act.…
Since the September 11th terrorist attacks, the newly formed Department of Homeland Security has decided that the best way to secure the homeland is to deport as many people as possible. This horror is inflicted on our most productive and hardest working residents with tragic results. Here’s how the system…
On the national forefront of news, family immigration is being fixed by US lawmakers as a source of dishevelment in a currently creaky system. Representatives claim that families have been split apart for years by visa issues for immigrants based on backlogging. “The benefits cannot be overstated,” Honda said. “American…
Over the summer of 2008, Haiti was hit hard by four consecutive hurricanes and tropical storms almost immediately after experiencing multiple food riots. Displaced by the storms were thousands of people, many were left starving. With no help from distant humanitarian aid, the future looks more bleak than ever. Though…
The US Supreme Court held that the 4th Amendement can apply in deportation cases. This is a big step towards granting constitutional protections to those without legal status in the U.S. Fort Lauderdale and Miami have large populations of non-US residents without status. South Florida criminal lawyers are always mindful…
Florida courts permit those charged with a crime to avoid a conviction with a “withheld adjudication”. You can truthfully answer “no” to the question: “Have you been found guilty of a felony?” if the criminal court in Florida “withheld adjudication” But…..in Federal court a “withheld” adjudication is considered a finding…
IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION CONSEQUENCES OF PLEAS Deportation of those convicted of crimes has become a major focus of Federal immigration authorities. Over the past three years the numbers of persons expelled from the US has gone up markedly. South Florida criminal defense lawyers are increasingly asked what can be done. Florida…
3942 people were forcibly deported from South Florida by Homeland Security during the first six months of 2007. 5889 people were deported from South Florida during the first six months of 2008. An increase of over 2000 deportations during the first six months of 2008. Starting in 2007 federal authorities…