Welcome Morgan de-Haro Brown to The Garibay Law Office!

Circle of life? Today, Morgan de Haro Brown, a former dancer in my wife’s dance troupe joins my office as an attorney. No one would have foreseen that this teenager who danced with my sons in the group, Danzantes de Durango, would years later join me in my law office as an attorney. A former Peace Corp. volunteer and grad of Univ. of Wyoming Law School, Morgan is a passionate advocate for immigrants and for abused women. Welcome aboard!Circle of life? Today, Morgan de Haro Brown, a former dancer in my wife’s dance troupe joins my office as an attorney. No one would have foreseen that this teenager who danced with my sons in the group, Danzantes de Durango, would years later join me in my law office as an attorney. A former Peace Corp. volunteer and grad of Univ. of Wyoming Law School, Morgan is a passionate advocate for immigrants and for abused women. Welcome aboard!

-Guillermo Garibay

 

Steve King Amendment Passes House To Deport More Dreamers

WASHINGTON — The House voted 224-201 on Thursday to end Department of Homeland Security discretion policies that allow it to delay deportations for young, undocumented immigrants and other people deemed low-priority, effectively demanding the government force out Dreamers who came to the United States as children.

The amendment, offered by immigration hawk Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), was approved mostly along party lines. However, three Democrats — Reps. John Barrow (D-Ga.), Nick Rahall (D-W.V.) and Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) — supported the amendment. Six Republicans — Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), David Nunes (R-Calif.), Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), David Valadao (R-Calif.) — opposed it, while nine members did not vote.

To read the full article from The Huffington Post click here. 

Eric Cantor Attacked From All Sides On Immigration

RICHMOND, Va. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) faced two competing attacks on Wednesday near his home district in Richmond. The first: That he’s a liberal on immigration posing as a hardliner just to get primary election votes. The second: That he’s one of the biggest impediments to immigration reform in the House.

Facing a June 10 primary challenge from longshot Republican Dave Brat, Cantor’s campaign boasts that he blocked a comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate, bolstering his tough-on-immigration credentials. As majority leader, Cantor has given no immigration reform measures a chance for a vote in the House, either as a comprehensive bill or in smaller measures, like the recently-blocked Enlist Act.

Read the full article from The Huffington Post here. 

Lack of Immigration Reform Means Worker Shortage for Colorado Builders

Antonio Ledezma has been trying for four months through online and newspaper ads and employment agencies in three states to hire about a dozen new laborers for his road- and bridge-building crews.

He’s had only a handful of applications for the $15- to $18-an-hour entry-level concrete finishing and carpentry jobs at the Commerce City-based company he heads, Jalisco International Inc. With an uptick in projects due to an improving economy and the coming of spring — and with no movement on immigration reform — Ledezma, like many contractors, is growing increasingly worried.

Read more: Lack of immigration reform means worker shortage for Colorado builders – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24881507/lack-immigration-reform-means-worker-shortage-colorado-builders#ixzz33DuXzIer

VP Biden lands in Colorado, urges immigration bill

DENVER (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republicans should pass an immigration overhaul now that the party is ending its potentially divisive primary season.

Biden made the remarks in a conversation with a handful of Colorado politicians and Hispanic religious leaders at a Denver coffee shop. He noted that Republicans, who refused to bring immigration to a vote in the House of Representatives, have suggested they may move a bill once their primaries ended.

 

Read the full article from WesportNews here. 

Harry Reid: Presiden Obama May Have to Act on Immigration Reform

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the Obama administration will have to act alone on stemming deportations if the House doesn’t move on immigration reform by this summer’s end.

The comments from Reid appeared to be the most definitive that the Senate’s top Democrat has given on the politically thorny question of whether the administration should use executive authority to halt deportations. That’s a top demand of pro-reform advocates, particularly from those who are skeptical the House will end up doing anything on immigration this year.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/harry-reid-obama-immigration-reform-house-white-house-act-alone-107005.html#ixzz33DrYFz92