Immigration Law

Over the past few years, California legislators have made an effort to protect immigrants. The state has passed several laws to uphold labor and civil rights when it comes to immigration. These laws give immigrants access to higher education and dictate the role law...

Once an immigrant attains lawful permanent resident status, he or she gains many benefits. One benefit centers on the ability to petition to bring relatives into the United States. Lawful permanent residents may one day become U.S. citizens, but until naturalization...

U.S. immigration law can prove quite complex and confusing. With that stated, many people in California and elsewhere in the country are unsure whether any real or substantial differences exist between a green card and a visa. The fact is that there are. What is a...

Many immigrants without a Social Security number may believe that they won't benefit from government stimulus payments. However, undocumented workers in California can get money from the Golden State's Stimulus package if they have an individual taxpayer...

California has not used the word "alien" to describe foreign nationals in its labor code since 2015, and the federal government is now working to replace "alien" with "noncitizen" in a move that is widely seen as a sign of the Biden administration's break with the...

Many people around the globe look to California and other destinations in the United States as attractive relocation options for higher earning potential and a higher quality of life. Spouses of U.S. citizens can move to the front of the immigration line provided that...

Immigration has been a prominent issue in the 2020 elections in California and across the country. In the debates over the future of the country, the national approach to both documented and undocumented immigration has become a central part of the discussion....