Very encouraging to see that our elected representatives are not giving up on some type of comprehensive immigration reform. But this has been tried twice under the Obama presidency and both times unsuccessfully. Will the Dream Act finally pass, or is this just pre-election political posturing? Posted by: Phoenix Arizona Immigration Attorneys at Alcock and [...]
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MLB All-Stars Irked, But Otherwise Silent on Arizona Immigration Policy
Posted by: Arizona Immigration Attorneys at Alcock and Associates PHOENIX – Carlos Beltran offers a weary shrug when asked about immigration. The issue burned throughout baseball last summer, and still rages in the country. But at this All-Star Game, in this controversial state, the sport has decided to turn to sunnier matters. “I am going [...]
Phoenix Immigration Policy a Concern for MLB? Lawyers and Baseball
Posted by Nick Alcock, Attorney at Law, for the Phoenix, Arizona Immigration Lawyers at Alcock & Associates The Associated Press – Bud Selig likes to call himself a student of history. If so, he’s headed for an “F” on this assignment, and he’s not alone. Rarely passing up a chance to laud baseball as a [...]
Georgia Latest in Line of States Following Arizona’s Lead in Passing Harsh Immigration Laws
Posted by: Phoenix Arizona Immigration Defense Lawyers Five states this year followed Arizona’s lead by passing laws that expanded the powers of local police officers to enforce immigration laws. And although each of the states has tried different approaches, they are seeing the same results. By David Goldman, AP David Barrera, 16, an undocumented immigrant, [...]
Justice Department Attorneys to Review Controversial Alabama Immigration Law
Posted by: Phoenix Arizona Immigration Defense Lawyers at Alcock and Associates The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it is reviewing Alabama’s strict new immigration law and has scheduled a meeting Tuesday to discuss it with state law enforcement officials. “To the extent we find state laws that interfere with the federal government’s enforcement of immigration [...]
LULZ Group Hacks DPS records, while DPS downplays effect of the security breach
Posted by: Arizona Criminal Defense Attorney, Nick Alcock The Arizona Department of Public Safety worked Friday to strengthen its computer networks after an international group of hackers exploited a weak spot in the system by accessing the e-mail accounts of eight officers stationed in rural areas of the state. The hacking group Lulz Security, which [...]
Immigrant Arizona High School Track Coach Deported, Missed by Those He Helped
Posted by: Phoenix Arizona Immigration Attorney Nick Alcock PHOENIX – Friends and students of volunteer high school track coach Miguel Aparicio expressed Tuesday their regrets that the 37-year-old Mexican immigrant was deported after more than 20 years in the United States helping young people in his community. Aparicio’s grandmother brought him to the United States [...]
Detained Gay Immigrants Fear for Safety
Posted by: Phoenix Arizona Immigration Defense Attorneys The assault took place while Ramon Catalan, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was detained by federal immigration authorities in a Pinal County jail. Catalan, a transgender man who lives as a woman, was in a cell when four other immigration detainees began insulting her in Spanish. “One guy [...]
