The average citizen may have a relatively minor brush with the law and pay the consequences without any long-lasting or highly disruptive after-effects, depending on the infraction of course. A legal situation may pose a very different outcome, however, for a person...
Month: December 2014
Woman seeks asylum in church to avoid deportation
When someone is facing a possible deportation, that person may not know where to turn or exactly what rights he or she may have under the current immigration laws. Recently, a few people have made news as they sought out ways to avoid deportation by seeking asylum in...
Green card backlog could affect entire family
The immigration process can be one that is stressful and overwhelming to deal with for a family. It can takes years for a family to receive legal status. New immigration laws and executive action will assist in the gaining of green cards for many already here....
Factors that may derail the pathway to citizenship
For any immigrant, the pathway to citizenship may be a time-consuming and complicated path. There are clear-cut laws and regulations that outline the process, and there is also discretion of the Citizenship and Immigration Services to approve or deny naturalization...
It is important to understand deportation facts
For many immigrants and their families, the very word "deportation" may fill them with fear, confusion and stress. For anyone who has family members in Maryland who might possibly be deported under certain circumstances, understanding deportation facts is essential....
