The exploitation of minors for manual or any other form of labor is frowned upon in all developed countries. In the United States, child labor acts are put in place across all states to ensure the enactment of the child labor laws. There are various criteria that need to be met in order for a…
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How to Get Automatic Citizenship for Child ?
What is automatic citizenship? Automatic citizenship refers to the process by which certain children can acquire citizenship through their parents, but not at birth. Instead, a series of events occur that cause the child to become a U.S. citizen by operation of law. In fact, it is not unusual for a person to acquire U.S.…
The Child Status Protection Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly affecting the interpretation of the Act; please see my blog post on this decision for more details. The “Age Out” Problem The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) is primarily intended to address the “age out” problem resulting from the Immigration and Nationality Act’s definition of a…
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – Renewal Process Announced
Today, the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the much-anticipated renewal process for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The process is effective immediately, which is important, because the first batch of DACA recipients will have their statuses expire in September of 2014. More details on the renewal process, and…
U.S. Supreme Court Restricts Reach of Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a decision that cuts off the derivative children of most preference category immigrants from one of the most valuable protections the Child Status Protection Act of 2002 (CSPA) offers qualifying children: the ability to retain their original priority dates once they “age out” based on the long waiting periods…