marklaw.Immigrant Nation: Something that Affects Us All

marklaw.Immigrant Nation: Something that Affects Us All: First, deferred action, the program that allows people to stay who came as children is a temporary measure only.  It just procures a work permit for two years, with the chance of an extension. More importantly, because the program came about by executive decree, so to speak, rather than via a law passed by Congress, it can easily be terminated by a president who is not so friendly to immigration as is Mr. O.

Something that Affects Us All

This coming week, President Obama will announce how he hopes to reform our broken immigration system.  Some eleven million human beings living in the United States without legal immigration status will be directly affected by what President Obama and our Congress decide to do about this issue.  Indeed, all of us living in the United will be affected by their decisions.

As an immigration attorney I will use this blog to comment on President Obama's proposals.  At least I will try to tell  you how immigration law affects the lives of the people with whom I deal every day.

More importantly, I would like to know what you think about how our government should deal with the problem of people living illegally in the United States.  I would also like to know how you think you will be affected by how our government deals with the future of illegal immigrants in our country.

So let me know.......