About American Life Skills Academy

Edwardo Rodriguez founded American Life Skills Academy in 2004 after eight years in federal immigration enforcement. From 1996 to 2003 he served with the U.S. Department of Justice at the Immigration and Naturalization Service — the agency that became ICE, CBP, and USCIS under the Department of Homeland Security — and from 2003 to 2004 with DHS/ICE as a Deportation Officer. He left the agency that same year convinced that most people, and most professionals, were making critical decisions on incomplete information.

His federal career gave him a rare, inside view of how immigration enforcement, intelligence, and interagency coordination actually work. He co-founded and commanded the first nationally certified INS Special Response Tactical Unit, and he served as an Intelligence Officer on the first INS Counterintelligence Joint Terrorism Task Force alongside FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, Department of State, NSA, and Texas Department of Public Safety personnel.

Today he chairs the Immigration Committee of the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice, serves as District 18 Director on the Texas LULAC State Board, and consults with businesses, attorneys, and community organizations on immigration policy, compliance, and practical decision-making. He remains a licensed Texas Private Investigator and continues to brief professionals on what the law actually requires right now.