George P Mann
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Attorney Profile: Maris Liss

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Although Attorney Maris Liss is not an immigrant herself like the rest of our attorneys, her experience with immigration law started at a very young age. Beginning at age 16, Maris was placed in an immigration law office in New York City as part of a work-study program in high school. For $3.35 per hour,…
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TPS Designation for Syria Extended to March 2018

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Citing ongoing chemical attacks against civilians, massive infrastructure destruction, and food and water crises, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday that it is extending Syria’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation in the United States. The 18-month extension allows current TPS beneficiaries to retain their status until March 31, 2018 if the eligibility requirements…
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SCOTUS Decision & Immigration (In)action: A Political Failure From Start to Finish

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This morning, over 4.5 million undocumented people, including mothers, fathers, children, friends, and coworkers, were stripped of a sense of hope for better things to come. The eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court elected to all but kill President Obama’s most significant attempt at immigration reform. In a 4-4 split, the decision came down…
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Reform, Not Fingerprinting Parents, Would Ensure the Safety of Child Refugees

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A traveler arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport Monday uses the new US-VISIT mechanism that records all 10 fingerprint images. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of US Customs and Border Protection. In response to a February Senate hearing on immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) submitted a policy proposal that would require every person claiming…
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“Enforcement First” Policy Based on Fear, Not Facts

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Photo courtesy of Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons A common thread connecting the messages of many anti-immigration reform supporters is the notion that the US-Mexico border is a porous, lawless no man’s land through which criminals and terrorists freely flow. This underlines a policy position commonly held by elected officials,…
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Scalia’s Death and the Future of Immigration Reform

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Photo by Flickr user Ted Eytan. As President Obama enters the last year of his presidency, his legacy begins to come into focus. He made some big promises to move immigration reform forward, but he’s had trouble delivering. His efforts in exercising his executive powers to move the clock forward have brought limited results. Throughout…
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Creating a Culture of Fear: Stop the ICE Raids on Refugee Families

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Last week, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson was in Dearborn, Michigan as part of an initiative to discuss the importance of reporting suspected terrorist activity in Muslim-predominant communities across the country. Secretary Johnson was to use his time in the state to promote self-policing mechanisms put forth by the fledgling Countering Violent…
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