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Citizenship and Naturalization

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Cindy Chang, Sunday School Teacher, Released After Three-Week Detention at Arizona Immigration Checkpoint

    ​Cindy Chang was driving from San Jose to Phoenix for a friend's wedding early this month when she was stopped at an immigration checkpoint in Eloy, Ariz. These structures are common this close to the border. Chang, a 26-year old Sunday school teacher who has lived in the Bay Area since her f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Alexandra Pelosi Talks to SF Weekly About Her New Film Citizen U.S.A

    Taylor FriedmanThe other Pelosi's take on immigration​Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi -- yes, that Pelosi -- has doled out heaps of patriotism in her latest film and companion book, Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip. So much so, we imagine former naysayers will go out to buy American flags for t ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2011

    H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

    Taylor FriedmanThe other Pelosi's take on immigration​Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi -- yes, that Pelosi -- has doled out heaps of patriotism in her latest film and companion book, Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip. So much so, we imagine former naysayers will go out to buy American flags for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Obama Fundraiser To Draw Protesters Advocating Green Cards For Gay Couples

    Rallying at Obama's door. ​Protesters from all walks of life -- potheads, gays, and antiwar folks -- will be greeting President Obama upon his arrival to San Francisco tomorrow afternoon. While antiwar demonstrators recruit people for their cause, multiple organizations for gay rights are gatherin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Gay Binational Couples Fighting Deportations On Obama's New DOMA Stance

    ​Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    ​Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Coming To America -- 100 New Citizens Sworn-In Downtown

    Joe EskenaziCitizens-to-be take the oath​Considering the years of paperwork, legal wrangling, and leaping through hoops many of the would-be American citizens sitting this morning in San Francisco's Herbst Theater had suffered through, the government's last obstacle was hardly a chore: Two hours o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    ICE Denies Amuse Bouche Vendor's Deferral Request -- He'll Be Deported in the Next Week or Two

    Photo via SFistFrench national Murat Celebi-Ariner will be deported on the next available flight.​The attorney for Murat Celebi-Ariner said his client's Deferral of Action request was denied late last night, meaning the street-food vendor will be deported to France. Randall Caudle said he rece ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Wife of Detained Amuse Bouche Vendor Hopeful Deportation Isn't Inevitable

    At a street-food event at 111 Minna Gallery last night, fellow vendors wore shirts expressing support for Celebi-Ariner.​UPDATE 11 a.m.: Immigration attorney for Celebi-Ariner calls the ICE crackdown on the street-food vendor's visa waiver overstay highly unusual, and might mark the beginning ... More >>

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    The Asylum Trap

    Unscrupulous attorneys prey on immigrants seeking green cards with an expensive and fruitless legal scheme. Now 29 Mexicans have joined the disbarment case against one such lawyer.

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