Since the mid-1990s, federal dollars have flowed to the Immigration and Naturalization Service in an effort to strengthen the country's borders. Thanks to this largesse, the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas has beefed up enforcement efforts. In recent years, INS has stopped more illegal border crossings than in recent years. But the increased prosecutions have wreaked havoc on the federal courts.
Immigrant defendants are paying the price, say Texas immigration attorneys.
From New York to Nacogdoches Attorney Richard S. Fischer migrated from his native New York to Nacogdoches, Texas. Immigration Law on the Web Where to find attorneys, regs, forms, discussion groups and other immigration law information on the Web. For decades, the United State's immigration policy has been based on the fallacy that the country has an abundance of U.S. workers and that any immigrant work force should be severely limited. In the 21st century we must take fear and politics out of the debate. Instead, we must shape immigration policy by evaluating the market demand required to fuel a growing and competitive economy.