“As numerous witnesses testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the backlogs are likely to get worse before (or if) they get better. Juan Osuna, the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, noted that immigration judges’ burgeoning caseloads are “directly tied to annual increases in cases filed in the immigration courts by DHS.” […]
By William Shwayri (law student Intern at Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, PC) On May 26, in a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a controversial Arizonan immigration law that critics believe amounts to a “business death penalty.” The Court’s decision in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is part of the wider debate in the effort […]
On September 30, 2011, approximately 1,884 Liberian nationals who have been living in the United States will be at risk of removal if Congress or the President do not act. Since 1991, the United States has provided safe haven to thousands of Liberians who sought protection a result of Liberia’s devastating civil war. Liberians have […]
From SIREN: It’s time to put S-Comm on ice. For Norma, for Isaura, for Maria, for all the survivors of domestic violence and innocent people swept up in this dragnet, it’s time for a freeze on the flawed and failed so-called “Secure Communities” mass deportation program. Last year we started to expose the damages and […]
by Michele Waslin Restrictionists often perpetuate the myth that immigrants are not needed in our current economy—that they take jobs and hurt American workers. But research has shown that immigrants not only grow the economy, but help create jobs and are part of the solution to our economic woes. However, while immigrants can create jobs […]
Actions Will Streamline Program Designed to Create Jobs WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today proposed significant enhancements to the administration of the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program, commonly referred to as the EB-5 Program—transforming the intake and review process for immigrant investors as part of the Obama administration’s continued commitment to improve the legal immigration […]
(Updated 5/13/11) The BIA set forth a framework to assess the competency of respondents in proceedings and remanded, finding good cause to believe Respondent was not competent to proceed. Courtesy of the Univ. of Houston Immigration Clinic. Matter of M-A-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 474 (BIA 2011) AILA Doc. No. 11050960.
Washington, D.C.—The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center commends Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for convening today’s hearing on “Improving Efficiency and Ensuring Justice in the Immigration Court System.” Immigration courts have long suffered from crushing backlogs that can delay the scheduling of hearings for years at a time. Additionally, […]
Georgia’s governor on Friday signed a tough new state law cracking down on illegal immigrants that is similar to one enacted in Arizona last year, handing new powers to police in the southern state. Reuters, May 13, 2011.
Basically, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency feels there is no law and they can do whatever they want,” Pauw said. “They can just look at a person and say, ‘I don’t like you, I don’t believe you’ and immediately act as the judge, jury and executioner, and banish a person from the United […]
