ICE Extends Its Family Relationship Definition to Include Long-term, Same-Sex Relationships

On October 5, 2012, the Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency released a memorandum indicating that it was modifying its definition of family relationship to include long-term, same-sex relationships. ICE will use this definition when it is making prosecutorial discretion determinations.

Under its new guidelines, ICE will consider same-sex relationships to rise to the level of …

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Can A US Citizen Sponsor His or Her Parents?

Becoming a U.S. citizen is a long and difficult path. Many newly minted American citizens have had to endure years filled with almost endless immigration hoops and barriers. Once they become newly minted American citizens, some of the first questions that they ask are about their parents:

Can a U.S. citizen sponsor his or her …

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