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Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Seeking Asylum and a better life, California’s Iraqi Refugees Find Themselves in Limbo
Inside the epicenter of Iraqi relocation in the Western United States. Read more »
ABA Immigration Justice Project Celebrates its First Anniversary in San Diego (download PDF)
Several leaders instrumental in kick-starting the Immigration Justice Project celebrated IJP-San Diego's first anniversary at a "Lunch and Learn" program on February 27, 2009 jointly hosted by the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the San Diego County Bar Association… The program also included remarks from local immigration practitioner Ginger Jacobs, of Jacobs, Schlesinger, Ople and Sheppard LLP…
What Is Necessary For Legal Status In America?
One question that always comes up is: Why don’t illegal immigrants go to a government office, get in a line, do the paperwork, pay the correct fees and become legalized? Local immigration attorney Ginger Jacobs said anyone wanting to enter the U.S. must fall into specific, limited categories.… Read more »
Panelists urge united effort by Latinos and Jews to reform immigration laws
Attorney Ginger Jacobs, secretary of the San Diego Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, reported that the U.S. rules for citizenship are complex and rife with obstacles and delays… Read more »
New immigration reform group forms
A diverse group of religious leaders, labor unions, legal advocates and community leaders joined Thursday to call on Congress to pass immigration reform that would help legalize illegal immigrants, keep migrant families together and protect immigrants' rights… Read more »

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