Although the Obama government recently received some good news from the Supreme Court on two issues—the Affordable Care Act and Same-Sex marriages it recently did not get good clout regarding its immigration activities, these are still tied up in federal court.
A Circuit court of Appeals announced the establishment of a 3-judge panel which is supposed to hear the case next week, and it was made up of 2 of the same conservative individuals who had refused to open up the programs at the end of May.
When last known the Obama government was still having hopes that it would draw some more friendly judges, but these hopes have now come to naught.
The end of May judgment occurred when the appeals court denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow Obama’s controversial immigration actions to go into effect pending appeal.
The decision was a victory for the state of Texas and 25 other states that were appealing against the Obama administration’s actions, which were blocked by a District Court judge in February. The May decision means that while the issue is appealed, eligible undocumented immigrants will be unable to apply for the programs aimed at easing deportation threats.
“Because the government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its appeal of the injunction, we deny the motion for stay and the request to narrow the scope of the injunction,” according to the panel of judges.
Federal agents and their unions are being accused of being in cahoots with anti-immigration groups – sources say that both are colluding to restrict immigration activities and steering the country’s debate away from immigration reform.
A report recently issued states that the duties pertaining to the federal agents and union officers were being violated as both groups were working hand in glove to oppose immigration.
This was lending the whole exercise a dangerous credibility to the “organized anti-immigrant movement and assisting its efforts in advocating for policies that malign immigrant communities and obstruct future immigration.”
A member of a law center stated that the police should not be setting up policy in a democracy, which was absolutely “antithetical to a democracy”, as “Police carry out public policy in a democracy, they do not make it.”
The report also stated that there were multiple instances of federal agents and their unions leaking information to immigration opponents, and even appearing at their private events – practices that “call into question the ability of some to uphold their responsibility as stewards of the country’s immigration system.”
The director of the agency brushed away the report’s allegations and instead, defended agents’ actions as of being “well-intentioned”, a check as what is being seen as “the Obama administration’s information blackout on illegal immigration.”
An individual in the process for applying for a Green Card is required to undertake the Immigration Medical Examination as one of the final stages of the entire journey.
What are the vaccinations and booster doses that immigrants need to take as a part of the Green Card Medical?
As part of the Green Card Medical all immigrant applicants are required to take the following vaccines for preventable diseases that pose danger to public health:
- Mumps
- Measles
- Rubella
- Polio
- Tetanus
- Diphtheria toxoids
- Pertussis
- Haemophilus influenzae type B
- Rotavirus
- Hepatitis A,
- Hepatitis B
- Meningococcal disease
- Varicella
- Influenza, and pneumococcal pneumonia.
Are those people who are already in the United States applying for adjustment of status for permanent residence also required to go in for these vaccinations?
Yes, even those individuals who are already in the United States applying for adjustment of status for permanent residence also required to go in for these vaccinations.
Does the applicant have to complete all of the vaccine series before he or she fulfills the vaccination requirements?
For those vaccines which need a series only a single dose is needed to be taken for immigration purposes. However it is important for the Civil Surgeon to check the “insufficient time interval” box on the I-693 Form, and also, the applicant should be instructed that it is in his or her interests to complete the series in the future.
Detaining women and children who have fled violence in their country and are seeking asylum may lead them to being scarred with psychological trauma, according to an immigrant rights group that complained to the Department of Homeland Security this week.
The group said that there were around 10 cases wherein attorneys had clients who attested to severe mental trauma, some of them being anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. The complaint stated that the agency should investigate these cases and look beyond what was apparent.
A complete investigation was also requested into the effects that detention imposed on more than 6200 women and children by the immigrant rights group. One of the 4 facilities that opened last year due to hundreds and thousands of Central Americans crossing the Mexico border and spilling over into the state of Texas. ICE said that mental health problems had been identified but the issues were already existing previously and they were not related to detention. Many of the women and children in the complaint have been released since.
“This policy started so quickly last summer that no one has taken the time to investigate the psychological consequences, and that is a real failure…” an associate director of a Lawyers Association stated recently.
Although the Obama government recently received some good news from the Supreme Court on two issues—the Affordable Care Act and Same-Sex marriages it recently did not get good clout regarding its immigration activities, these are still tied up in federal court.
