Comments for The Golden Door http://blog.tranlawassociates.com News and views on immigration law Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Comment on Expungements: What you need to know before you expunge. by Djung Tran http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/04/30/expungements-expunge/#comment-118443 Djung Tran Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:41:13 +0000 http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=461#comment-118443 One other thing. Even if you don’t admit to immigration authorities that you have an expunged criminal record it may show up anyway in your background check (e.g., because the FBI didn’t expunge when it should have, or didn’t receive proper notice to do so). Then you are perceived to have either misunderstood the instructions to disclose even expunged arrests and/or convictions, or deliberately withheld required information. The second scenario, especially, is not a good place to be in when you are applying for a benefit.

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]]> Comment on Tam Tran: Eulogy for a DREAM Act activist by Djung Tran http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2010/10/06/tam-tran-story-dream-act-activist/#comment-6 Djung Tran Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:10:32 +0000 http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=99#comment-6 Bob,

You remind us of a well-known but often overlooked truth: that America is a nation of immigrants, whether you’re a first generation immigrant, or your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, or even further back, were immigrants. Each wave of immigrants has faced some form of animosity and xenophobia from more established Americans, and yet each wave has also helped to make this nation the diverse, entrepreneurial, and vibrant place it is today.

As far as I know, PICC, the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition, is the nonprofit immigrant advocacy organization that is working most on the DREAM Act in the Philadelphia area. I’ll put you in touch with them. I’m sure they’ll be happy to have you on board.

]]> Comment on Tam Tran: Eulogy for a DREAM Act activist by Bob Hurley http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2010/10/06/tam-tran-story-dream-act-activist/#comment-5 Bob Hurley Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:25:20 +0000 http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=99#comment-5 Djung:

Thanks for sending this story. The story reinforces my belief that immigrants provide our counntry with incredible resources and strength. People who overcome all those adversities to come here are those that we need to build a stronger and more just country I have been working though my local parish to try to get our representative, John Adler to support the Dream Act and immigration reform including a path to citizenship. If you know any other avenues to support this effort, please let me know. I would be glad to help. My own granparents come here from Ireland in 1880 before there were any restrictions on immigration.

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