An editorial published today by Bloomberg highlighted that support for immigration reform is inevitable now that President Obama has been re-elected. The editorial stated that Latinos, known to be a socially conservative demographic, comprised 10 percent of the total vote, giving "Obama almost three votes for every one earned by Romney."
President Obama campaigned on immigration reform that would address the nearly 11 million illegal immigrants in the US. Republican Speaker John Boehner has stated that he is "confident that the president, myself, other can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all."
The editorial further noted that: "Standard & Poor’s has found that cities with high immigration levels show improvements in credit ratings, tax bases and per-capita incomes. High-skills immigrants, meanwhile, not only increase productivity but also generate jobs."
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Same Sex Marriage Passes in Three More States
The election on November 6, 2012 resulted in three more states allowing same sex marriage: Maine, Maryland, and Washington state. There are now a total of 9 states that have legalized same sex marriage. Three states recognize same sex marriages that are performed outside state lines. For more on this story, click here.
For representation on LGBT rights and same-sex co-parent adoption cases, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
For representation on LGBT rights and same-sex co-parent adoption cases, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
Monday, November 5, 2012
BIA Deadlines Impacted by Hurricane Sandy
"On October 29-30, 2012, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) was closed due to Hurricane Sandy. The BIA will consider timely filed any filing that meets both of these criteria:
- the filing was due on a weekday during the week of October 29, 2012; and
- the BIA received the filing on or before November 5, 2012.
No request or documentation is required for filings that arrive by November 5, 2012. Filings that arrive after November 5, 2012, are subject to normal filing deadlines. If weather is an issue for any filings that the BIA receives after November 5, 2012, parties should consult the BIA Practice Manual, Chapter 3.1(b)(v), on page 34 (“Natural or manmade disasters”). The BIA Practice Manual is available on-line at http://1.usa.gov/Md03oi." -EOIR, Oct. 31, 2012.
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Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
SJC report: Judge Shopping and OUIs
The Boston Globe reported that the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in Massachusetts appointed a special counsel to investigate whether "judges in district courts were acquitting drunk drivers at a rate about 20 percentage points higher than juries."
The investigation revealed that there are some courts in Massachusetts that "acquit nearly all of the drunken driving defendants who waive their right to a jury trial." Some judges had near 100 percent acquittals. The special counsel's report stated that juries acquitted OUI cases about 58 percent of the time and judges acquitted nearly 86 percent of the time. The article named Worcester County as one of the areas where judges tend to acquit drunken driving defendants who opt for a bench trial.
The law today allows drunken driving defendants "to avoid the penalty for refusing a breath test, a long license suspension, if they are later acquitted of drunken driving." The report by the special counsel proposed changing the current law. For more on this story, click here.
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The investigation revealed that there are some courts in Massachusetts that "acquit nearly all of the drunken driving defendants who waive their right to a jury trial." Some judges had near 100 percent acquittals. The special counsel's report stated that juries acquitted OUI cases about 58 percent of the time and judges acquitted nearly 86 percent of the time. The article named Worcester County as one of the areas where judges tend to acquit drunken driving defendants who opt for a bench trial.
The law today allows drunken driving defendants "to avoid the penalty for refusing a breath test, a long license suspension, if they are later acquitted of drunken driving." The report by the special counsel proposed changing the current law. For more on this story, click here.
For representation on OUI cases, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
State Records Show Romney Against New Birth Certificates for Gay Parents
The Boston Globe reported that Massachusetts state records revealed that former Governor Mitt Romney opposed efforts by the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics to revise birth certificate forms for same-sex parents. The Registry of Vital Records made efforts to comply with Massachusetts's 2003 legalization of gay marriage law, but Governor Romney rejected the Registry's efforts because, he said , "The children of America have the right to have a father and a mother...What should be the ideal for raising a child? Not a village, not 'parent A' and 'parent B,' but a mother and a father."
The Registry's plan would allow the box labeled for "father" to be labeled as "father or second parent." Instead, Romney forced the Registry to obtain approval from his legal staff after "individually review[ing] the circumstances of every birth to same-sex parents." Once approval was obtained, "hospital officials and town clerks across the state [were] permited to cross out by hand the word 'father' on individual birth certificates, and then write in 'second parent,' in ink." Handwritten corrections on birth certificates was a violation of existing law.
It was only after Governor Deval Patrick assumed office that the appropriate changes were made to revise the birth certificate forms acknowledging children of same-sex marriages.
Click here to read the story.
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The Registry's plan would allow the box labeled for "father" to be labeled as "father or second parent." Instead, Romney forced the Registry to obtain approval from his legal staff after "individually review[ing] the circumstances of every birth to same-sex parents." Once approval was obtained, "hospital officials and town clerks across the state [were] permited to cross out by hand the word 'father' on individual birth certificates, and then write in 'second parent,' in ink." Handwritten corrections on birth certificates was a violation of existing law.
It was only after Governor Deval Patrick assumed office that the appropriate changes were made to revise the birth certificate forms acknowledging children of same-sex marriages.
Click here to read the story.
For representation, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Obama's Promise in Off-the-Record Conversation
The President Obama spoke with The Des Moines Register this week and stated off-the-record that "The second thing I'm confident we'll get done next year is immigration reform...And since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community. And this is a relatively new phenomenon."
Governor Mitt Romney has criticized President Obama for making a similar promise back in 2008 - a promise that he could not keep. Governor Romney has stated that should he win the election, he would not support the Dream Act - a bill President Obama tried to pass in December 2010 - and he has not outlined a plan as to how he would address the issue of "more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States."
The White House gave The Des Moines Register permission to publish the off-the-record statement, which was part of a conversation President Obama had in order to gain the newspaper's endorsement.
To read the story in The New York Times, click here.
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Governor Mitt Romney has criticized President Obama for making a similar promise back in 2008 - a promise that he could not keep. Governor Romney has stated that should he win the election, he would not support the Dream Act - a bill President Obama tried to pass in December 2010 - and he has not outlined a plan as to how he would address the issue of "more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States."
The White House gave The Des Moines Register permission to publish the off-the-record statement, which was part of a conversation President Obama had in order to gain the newspaper's endorsement.
To read the story in The New York Times, click here.
For representation, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Dept. of State and Russian Officials: Agreement For Bilateral Adoption Goes Into Force
As of November 1, 2012, an Agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation will go into effect that provides new guidance and procedures with respect to bilateral adoptions. Department of State (DOS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have worked closely "to promote a safe, ethical, and transparent adoption process" for intercountry adoptions, according to a statement released by USCIS.
The transition period for all provisions to go into effect with commence on November 1, 2012, and continue for a six to nine months period. The Russian Federation still does not permit American same-sex couples to adopt Russian children.
For more information on the Agreement, click here.
For representation, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
The transition period for all provisions to go into effect with commence on November 1, 2012, and continue for a six to nine months period. The Russian Federation still does not permit American same-sex couples to adopt Russian children.
For more information on the Agreement, click here.
For representation, please contact Glickman Turley LLP at 617-399-7770.
Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, trademark law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex co-parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.
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