06/01/2012 10:53:00 AM EST Posted by Daniel M. Kowalski “Each year, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. While many hope to pursue higher education, join the military, or enter the workforce, their lack of legal status places those dreams in jeopardy and exposes them to deportation. Over the last decade, there has […]
After seven months of an ambitious review by the Obama administration of all deportations before the nation’s immigration courts, very few of them have been halted, disappointing immigrants President Obama hopes to court for his re-election bid. Read the full story…
06/01/2012 10:58:00 AM EST Posted by Daniel M. Kowalski “On May 4th, IDP and the Stanford Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic issued an updated practice advisory with model briefing for immigrants and their lawyers fighting criminal bars on eligibility for relief from removal. In an application for relief from removal, the noncitizen has the burden […]
Posted by Daniel M. Kowalski Link “The evidence in the record does not compel findings contrary to those made by USCIS. Noting that the Court may not substitute its judgment for that of USCIS, the Court concludes that USCIS’s determination that the Operations and Finance Analyst position is not a “specialty occupation” is reasonably […]
Posted by Daniel M. Kowalski “The Petition for Rehearing En Banc is GRANTED, and the panel’s opinion and judgment are VACATED.” – Cece v. Holder, May 31, 2012. [Hats off to Scott Bratton!]
Published May 12, 2012 The Wall Street Journal Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/12/controversial-fingerprints-program-set-for-new-york-meets-resistance/#ixzz1vc1hsENQ A program that gives federal immigration officials access to the fingerprints of undocumented immigrants booked into local jails will start Tuesday across New York state despite staunch opposition from advocates and lawmakers, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A law-enforcement official familiar with the program, called […]
By Andy Metzger / State House News Service Saturday, May 12, 2012 While Gov. Deval Patrick is resigned to participating in the federal government’s Secure Communities program, immigrant rights advocates said it will force undocumented immigrants into hiding from local law enforcement. Secure Communities uses FBI fingerprint data, submitted by local police to determine the identities […]
By New York Times News Service Published: May 12. 2012 4:00AM PST Obama administration officials have announced that a contentious fingerprinting program to identify illegal immigrants will be extended across Massachusetts and New York next week, expanding federal enforcement efforts despite opposition from the governors and immigrant groups in those states. In blunt emails sent […]
Posted by Lynn Rosenthal, Tonya Robinson on May 15, 2012 at 11:06 AM EDT Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, but failed to include critical provisions that would ensure that all victims of domestic violence can access vital services and […]
“AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12050742 (posted May. 7, 2012)” Enacted in 1994 and reauthorized twice in 2000 and 2005, VAWA has a long history of uniting lawmakers with the common purpose of protecting survivors of domestic violence. When VAWA was first conceived, Congress recognized that the noncitizen status of battered immigrants can make them […]
