Blog Posts in August, 2011
Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
A little brief history on Birthright Citizenship. Citizenship in the United States is under the jurisdiction of federal law and is governed by the United States constitution, which is covered by our ...
Continue reading "Part 1... Birthright Citizenship 101" »
Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Earlier this month the American Bar Association (ABA) made a resolution and a recommendation to the United States Senate to renounce any legislation to overturn our current birthright citizenship. As ...
Continue reading "American Bar Association Against Repealing Birthright Citizenship." »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With states like Arizona, Alabama, Georgia and Utah trying to pass some of the harshest immigration laws in the nation, it is no wonder why they get the title of racists states. It is also no wonder ...
Continue reading "Some of our Country's Racist Immigration States." »
Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Well it wasn't hard to see this one coming in regards to the Martinez Driver License Policy of undocumented immigrants receiving drivers licenses. This one was destine to end up in the courts. ...
Continue reading "New Mexico Gets Sued Over Martinez Driver License Policy." »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Earlier this month the Obama Administration along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) caused a stir with the announcement of a new immigration deportation policy. Under this policy, around ...
Continue reading "How Will New Immigration Policy Play Out?" »
Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Antonio Diaz Chacon the young man who took it upon himself to go after a man that abducted a 6-year-old girl from certain harm if not even certain death was honored last week from Albuquerque Major ...
Continue reading "Real Courage Knows No Borders." »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With the defeat of Governor Susana Martinez's (R-NM) attempt at the end of last year, to try to get the 2003 law that permits undocumented immigrants a driver license repealed, the Catholic church ...
Continue reading "Catholic Church Disagrees with Martinez's License Policy." »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
We were recently contacted by a gentleman who is a CEO of a small corporation based out of Florida. He contacted our office in regards to the gentleman who made national headlines last week by ...
Continue reading "Florida Business Man Wants To Help New Mexico Hero." »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
In an attempt to help alleviate some of the back log in our current broken immigration system, the Obama administration is looking to enforce his position of only going after removing serious and ...
Continue reading "300,000 Undocumented Immigrants In Removal Proceedings Will Have Their Cases Reviewed." »
Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With a decade as being Governor, Rick Perry (R) is setting his eyes on the highest office in the United States. And yet with Mr. Perry having just thrown his hat in the presidential ring he has made ...
Continue reading "Texas Governor is Clueless on How His Own Border is Patrolled." »
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With Illinois being one of a bakers dozen of states which permits undocumented students who receive their diploma from local high schools and who can also receive in-state tuition rates at local ...
Continue reading "Final... Keeping the DREAM Alive." »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
The 10 years since the Dream Act was originally brought up to the lawmakers in Washington, a handful of states have come up with their own laws on how to deal with immigration matters. Some state ...
Continue reading "Part 3... Keeping the DREAM Alive." »
Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Governor Susana Martinez's, (R-NM) little secret was recently brought to light when KOAT, Channel 7 reported that her grandparents were "illegal immigrants". This little tidbit was a ...
Continue reading "New Mexico Governor's Skeletons Coming out of the Closet." »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
To date the numbers appear to be showing that a quarter of the letters ordering foreign nationals to show up at an Albuquerque Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) to have their residency verified are being ...
Continue reading "Martinez Driver License Policy Running into Walls." »
Posted on Aug 11, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduating from high schools in this country every year, a study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has helped reinforce why the DREAM ...
Continue reading "Part 2... Keeping the DREAM Alive." »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Undocumented immigrants are the lost souls in this country who have their lives thrown into turmoil while lawmakers debate their fate. Their contributions to their families, churches are rarely spoken ...
Continue reading "Part 1... Keeping the DREAM Alive." »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Intelligent states understand the dangers of racists immigration laws for its citizens. They also understand the economics of the situation as well. Many factors that must be considered when talking ...
Continue reading "Racist Immigration Laws Costs Everyone." »
Posted on Aug 8, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
The Obama administration let Governors in 39 states know they will not be allowed out of the controversial Secure Communities Program. This program which Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says ...
Continue reading "Obama Administration Says States Can't Get Out of Secure Communities Program." »
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
While the majority of Democrats in the State Legislature have battled New Mexico governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) on all her tries to get rid of the driver licensing law, most Democrats have stated it ...
Continue reading "Troubles For Martinez's Driver License Policy, Conclusion." »
Posted on Aug 4, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
As we blogged about earlier in the week about the Somos Un Pueblo Unido group looking into bringing a lawsuit against New Mexico governor Susana Martinez's (R-NM) Driver License Policy, it really ...
Continue reading "Continued... Troubles For Martinez's Driver License Policy." »
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
The heads of many main stream churches which includes Roman Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist churches in Alabama have begun a federal lawsuit this week to halt Georgia from putting it's new ...
Continue reading "Churches say Alabama's Immigration Law is Ungodly." »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
One of the many problems with New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's (R-NM), immigrant driver's license policy is that for starters it does not have a "foreign national" database. ...
Continue reading "Troubles could be coming for Martinez's Driver License Policy." »
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Last week will Congress was trying to hammer out a a budget John McCain went-off on the tea party. It is one thing to try to get everyone on board within ones own party agenda but now that some ...
Continue reading "GOP and Tea Party Self-Destructing." »