Trump says upcoming immigration measure will include DACA; exec order not enough, says RLG Immigration Chair Darius Amiri

By Franco Ordonez | NPR President Trump on Friday said he plans to unveil sometime in the next month an immigration measure that he said would include some protections for DACA — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that provides for work permits and other protections for people brought to the U.S. as children by undocumented parents. Trump had …

High court ruling ‘a win, but tomorrow is not a guarantee’

Farah Eltohamy and Ellie Borst | Cronkite News via Indian Country Today PHOENIX – For almost three years, Phoenix resident Jennifer Rodriguez Garcia said she has lived with the fear immigration officials will deport her to a country she has never known and separate her from her 2-year-old daughter. Until Thursday. “Today I can breathe again,” Rodriguez Garcia said, after …

‘I can breathe again’: DACA recipients, experts — including RLG Immigration Chair Darius Amiri — react to Supreme Court ruling

By Farah Eltohamy and Ellie Borst | Cronkite News PHOENIX – For almost three years, Phoenix resident Jennifer Rodriguez Garcia said she has lived with the fear immigration officials will deport her to a country she has never known and separate her from her 2-year-old daughter. Until Thursday. “Today I can breathe again,” Rodriguez Garcia said, after learning that the Supreme Court reversed …

[OPINION] There’s still time to save the nation’s Dreamers, says RLG Immigration Dept. Chair Darius Amiri

Darius Amiri – Chair of the Immigration Department at Rose Law Group By Darius Amiri – contributing writer | Phoenix Business Journal While the nation’s focus is rightfully on the Covid-19 crisis, another crisis looming for a large group of young people. Dreamers are still living a nightmare as they wait for the federal government to act on their status. There is no …

Plight of ‘dreamers’ looms as Supreme Court decides their fate; RLG Immigration Chair Darius Amiri Weighs In

By Darius Amiri | Arizona Capitol Times While the nation’s focus is rightfully on the COVID-19 crisis, another crisis is looming for a large group of young people. Dreamers are living a nightmare as they wait for the federal government to act on their status. There is no national consensus on immigration, with passionate viewpoints on both sides. But most Americans sympathize …