Law Office of John D. Shaw

09/04/2025

As humans and lawyers, we have an ethical and moral obligation to speak up when we witness human rights violations. These reprehensible actions by our federal government are increasing exponentially under the Trump 2.0 administration. Any lawyer who is working for ICE Office of Principal Legal Advis...

02/21/2023

Una joven empleada doméstica mexicana puso en jaque a EE.UU. hace más de un siglo al liderar una protesta contra procesos discriminatorios en la frontera. Esta es su historia.

02/19/2023

Read this article: Covid 19 is "de ja vu, all over again ". - Yogi Berra
If you don't read Spanish google translate works well

Una joven empleada doméstica mexicana puso en jaque a EE.UU. hace más de un siglo al liderar una protesta contra procesos discriminatorios en la frontera. Esta es su historia.

08/25/2021

Check out the latest post on our blog for information on things you can do to support your personal injury case.

President Kennedy once famously said “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,” suggesting that his fellow Americans should consider how they could contribute to the betterment of ...

05/31/2021

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been labeled an autocrat, a dictator and a human rights violator by Republicans, Democrats and top American newspapers. The reason is clear: he is pursuing th…

02/19/2021

Check out our latest blog post regarding potential changes to immigration policy in President Biden's administration.

In accordance with his campaign promise to create a “fair and humane immigration system”, President Biden has proposed a significant change to our immigration laws, that, If adopted, will reunite hundreds of thousands o...

01/21/2021

On January 20, 2021, Acting Secretary Pekoske signed a memorandum directing DHS components to review immigration enforcement policies and set interim policies for civil enforcement. Beginning January 22, 2021, DHS will pause removals for certain noncitizens ordered deported to ensure we have a fair....

12/09/2020

"Compared to undocumented immigrants, U.S. citizens were twice as likely to be arrested for violent felonies in Texas from 2012 to 2018, two-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested for felony drug crimes, and over four times more likely to be arrested for felony property crimes."

Crime rates among undocumented immigrants are just a fraction of those of their U.S.-born neighbors, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of Texas arrest and conviction records.

12/08/2020

"Immigrant youth have resisted this cruel administration's continuous attacks, and once more we have won."

The Trump administration must post a public notice that it will accept new applications for the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation, a federal judge ordered Friday.

11/06/2020

Something to keep in mind during this uncertain time.