Blog Posts in October, 2009
Posted on Oct 30, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
As of today undocumented aliens are not eligible for public assistance programs, some undocumented aliens do commit fraud to obtain these benefits. On the other hand legal immigrants are eligible for ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: Most immigrants, especially Hispanic immigrants have no desire to learn or speak English. The Facts: Pretty much every immigrants, including Hispanics, believe they have to learn English in ...
Continue reading "Series on Immigration Myths Part 6" »
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
I am sure everyone has seen this costume by now of an outer space creature in an orange prison jumpsuit with the phrase "illegal alien" written on it. Of course "illegal alien" is the governments ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: The income that immigrants earn in the U.S. is returned back to their native country instead of spending it in the United States. The Facts: Of course immigrants do send money back to family ...
Continue reading "Series on Immigration Myths Part 5" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Recently, the Senate passed a measure that would end what had been known as the “widow penalty”. The widow penalty was the practice by the U.S. government of stopping a non-U.S. citizens application ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The death rates of illegal immigrants who were attempting to cross into the U.S. southern border and die, appears to be on the rise and should surpass the previous number as in the same 12 month ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: Our communities are swamped with crime that is brought in from immigratnts. The Facts: Actually all the statistics show that U.S. citizens have a much larger crime rate than immigrants. Even ...
Continue reading "Series on Immigration Myths Part 4" »
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Usually people think of illegal immigrants as a crime against U.S. citizens but have you ever thought about an unspoken crime against women and children? It is a crime against humanity in which ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: The United States immigration population mainly consists of people that have entered the United States illegally. The Facts: The number of immigrants that are in the United States legally is ...
Continue reading "Series on Immigration Myths Part 3" »
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
In the recent news of a Georgia (United States) man that allegedly claimed he had over 20 years of immigration experience and scammed immigrants out of thousands of dollars. These immigrants were just ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: Ineffective border enforcement has contributed to high rates of undocumented immigration, therefore we need increased enforcement and to completely construct a fence around our total border. ...
Continue reading "Series on Immigration Myths Part 2" »
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago on the West lawn of the United States Capitol, addressed a group of people looking for real immigration reform for our broken immigration system. Rep. Gutierrez has had ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Myth: Immigrants are a leech on our social programs. The Facts: Actually immigrants that are paying taxes and Social Security, put far more back into the system than they take out of social ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Albuquerque New Mexico Immigration Lawyers of Kretz & Romero, P.C. are very happy to announce a new addition to our law firm. Jacquelyn Tarango-Castillo recently graduated in June of 2009 from ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Albuquerque New Mexico Immigration Lawyers of Kretz & Romero, P.C. are very happy to announce a new addition to our law firm. Alexandra Blodget comes to us from another immigration law firm ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2009 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Albuquerque New Mexico Immigration Attorneys at Kretz & Romero, P.C. are pleased to announce that in September of 2009 we secured a major contract with the University of New Mexico [UNM]. We ...
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