Cristina Godinez, Esq.

| Photo by agilemktg1 via Flickr/Creative Commons CC PDM 1.0 In this Season of Hope, there…

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| Photo by JD Lasica via Flickr/Commons CC BY 2.0 The COVID-19 pandemic pulled away the…

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage America, essential workers valiantly carry on, surely buoyed by the public recognition of their heroism, but sorely weakened by our collective failure to support or protect them where it matters most.

Immigrant workers have long been known to take the 3D jobs that most Americans do not want – jobs that are dirty, dangerous or do not pay well. When Covid-19 hit us, the essential jobs turned out to be those that were dirty, dangerous, or do not pay well (at least not enough given the risks involved.)

When people speak of politics and immigration, it is almost always framed in terms of how elected officials affect immigration policy, and not how proposed immigration policy gets public officials elected.

| Photo usimmigrationcitizenship.com The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is unequivocably refusing to accept new Deferred…

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| Photo courtesy of myattorney.com If you are planning to file an immigration petition or application…