Blog Posts in March, 2010
Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Intel shelled out a million dollars on lobbying in October, Novemeber and December of 2009. This number almost doubled their past monies spent in the same time period buy the biggest microprocessor ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The major issue with the bill surpasses the trespass restriction. Which has wording that would make law enforcement to look at the immigration status of anyone that they stop. All these laws do is put ...
Continue reading "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has denounced Arizona Trespassing Law." »
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Politicians in Arizona trying to find a way to turn around the unemployment rates in the state. The Arizona bill calls for undocumented immigrants to be arraigned for trespassing as a method to ...
Continue reading "Arizona passes a new bill to deal with undocumented immigrants." »
Posted on Mar 26, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The numbers are in for the March 21 rally in the nation's capital. It is estimated over 200,000 people of all races and nationalities converged together last Sunday to prompt the nation's lawmakers ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Very recently, more voices have joined the call for immigration reform. Politicians for the GOP who understand that disregarding immigration reform will hurt the future of their own party. In lew of ...
Continue reading "Will upcoming election change Republicans ideology? " »
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
A number of organizations, the latest being AMI have combined together in alliance to endorse Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on their comprehensive immigration reform ...
Continue reading "AMI jumps on board to CIR." »
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, had a meeting last week with interested parties of Comprehensive immigration. Their discussion was about how to put into place fixes ...
Continue reading "Napolitano still believes in Immigration Reform " »
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Pro-Immigration advocates from all over the United States marched in D.C. for comprehensive immigration reform. Many in the crowd waved U.S. flags and grasping banners with phrases, in both English ...
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Posted on Mar 20, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The President while receiving harsh words from Pro-immigration reform advocates, promised last Thursday to do what ever he could to get immigration legislation started this year. The draft by Senators ...
Continue reading "President Obama supports rough draft to Immigration Fix. " »
Posted on Mar 19, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Sheriff's department in Maricopa County started a two-day raid for illegal activities and immigration violations yesterday. Deputies and nearly 400 vigilantes will participate in the searches ...
Continue reading "Another Immigration Raid in Arizona. " »
Posted on Mar 18, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) was gratified by President Obama's statement that he is still committed to comprehensive immigration reform. The President remains dedicated, and he ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2010 By Caterina Kretz
It seems a day does not go by without my being asked in an initial consulations whether or not there will be an amnesty. If there is, who will be eligible? What will the requirements be? How will it ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2010 By Caterina Kretz
Nothing is more heartbreaking to me as an immigration attorney then seeing young people who are full of possibilities and not being able to reach their true potential due to no fault of their own. Of ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
President Obama announced last week that he would continue with a fix to the immigration system this year if he could entice enough GOP support. But a Head Republican who backs an immigration system ...
Continue reading "President says needs Republicans for Immigration fix in 2010." »
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
A number of Utah companies would need to prove the immigration status of workers from a bill enacted by the Utah Legislature. The first version had criminal punishment for not complying to verify ...
Continue reading "Utah ratifies Immigration bill. " »
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Attorney General office in New York has triumphantly masterminded a campaign cracking down on deceit and the misleading of " immigration consultants " who impose on unaware and susceptible ...
Continue reading "Immigration Consultant charged with Fraud. " »
Posted on Mar 10, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
While President Barack Obama talks over comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) with Congress, it is essential to remember that CIR would produce a greatly needed lift to the American economy. Opposite ...
Continue reading "America would Prosper from Immigration Reform. " »
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Bishops of the Catholic Conference of Arizona are denouncing the proposed law making Arizona the only state in America to criminalize the existence of undocumented immigrants. The proposed ...
Continue reading "Catholic Bishops balk on Arizona Immigration Law. " »
Posted on Mar 8, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The Leader of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform discussed Immigration Reform last Saturday. Mr. Staunton delivered a inspiring address at an ILIR gathering in Denver where he encouraged Irish ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
President Obama has started to concentrate on immigration, next week he will meet with two Senators at the White House to draft up a bill on this problem. Nicholas Shapiro the White House spokesperson ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
One of the greatest contributions of immigrants is to help the American Society grow stronger and raise the economy, all the while increasing the standard of living for every United States citizen. ...
Continue reading "The Positives of Immigration. " »
Posted on Mar 3, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
The news has reported about the Tea Party Convention first meeting in Tennesse from a handful of gathers. They sat and listened to racism and hate speeches. Cries of Obama is turning America into a ...
Continue reading "People are standing up to the Tea Party." »
Posted on Mar 2, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke meet with the Housing and Urban Affairs Committee recently. He talked about addressing the broken immigration system as a key componet to fixing this ...
Continue reading "Ben Bernanke pushing Government to Fix Immigration System. " »
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 By the Law Office of Kretz & Romero
With a Law Enforcement helicopter circling above, Sheriff Joe Arpaio stood behind a group of law enforcement officers as Ten thousand marchers walked past the county jail complex where the sheriff ...
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