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It’s a situation that’s often under-reported. Scammers posing as immigration experts and offering their services to help immigrants get a visa only to take their money and never be heard from again.
They may not be as well known, but there's another group of dreamers known as "documented dreamers." They were brought here as children too, legally, but at age 21 they lose their legal status and are required to leave the United States. Some people are trying to change that.
Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced a series of actions, Sept. 28, aimed at mitigating impacts of migrants seeking entry into the U.S. from the Southern border being resettled in the sunshine state. We’ll take a closer look at the situation with Fort Myers-based immigration attorney Indera DeMine and FGCU Law Professor and attorney Pamella Seay, whose expertise includes immigration and constitutional law.
But she did take a very big risk by capturing the horrifying moments on camera. We looked at the dangers she faced by releasing the hard-to-watch video. It’s the million-dollar question: Why didn’t a mother, who asked that we not identify her, speak up when her 6-year-old daughter was paddled by Principal Melissa Carter of Central Elementary School? “If I had done it with my own hand, it would’ve been bad for me,” the mother told WINK News. “I don’t know. I’d be in jail.” The mother feared speaking up because of her legal status.
Immigration Changes are Coming With a flurry of federal action on immigration, agencies tasked with enforcing await clarification, and one injunction. The day of his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed several executive orders — four of which centered on immigration. The actions sparked hope in the immigrant community, and created some confusion at agencies tasked with enforcing these mandates. What we know for sure is this: DACA (the deferred action on childhood arrival program — often called Dreamers’ Act) remains in place, the ban on travel from Muslim majority countries has bee...