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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Punishing Trauma: Incident Reporting and Immigrant Children in Government Custody (Report and Webinar)
National Immigrant Justice Center and the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights "During their time in government custody, many children who have arrived at the U.S. border without a parent or guardian can incur “Significant Incident Reports...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts to Explain Influx of Children at the Border
ABA, Apr. 1, 2021 "Five legal experts will explain the latest influx of unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border in a webinar April 9 hosted by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration . The free program, which...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Another Crack in CDC's Border Blockade?
Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News, Sept. 8, 2020 "The Trump administration is considering changing a pandemic-related border policy to no longer quickly return unaccompanied immigrant children to four countries that require them to test negative for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Detained Children Must Have Adequate Food, Hygiene Items: Court
Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 15, 2019 "In a case that dramatized the plight of children detained at the border, a federal appeals court Thursday upheld an order requiring immigration authorities to provide minors with adequate food, water...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judge Orders Feds to Fix Kids' Border Detention Conditions Fast (Law360)
Dave Simpson, Law360, June 28, 2019 "A California federal judge Friday gave the Trump administration two weeks to get living conditions for children being detained at border facilities up to snuff, following reports that kids there are malnourished...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Migrant Kids Behind Bars a 'Moral Disaster' - AP Report
Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, Dec. 19, 2018 - "Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
AP Investigation: Deported parents may lose kids to adoption
Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, Oct. 9, 2018 - "Federal officials insist they are reuniting families and will continue to do so. But an Associated Press investigation drawing on hundreds of court documents, immigration records and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
The Use of Coercion by U.S. DHS Officials Against Parents Who Were Forcibly Separated From Their Children
American Immigration Council and AILA | August 23, 2018 - "This complaint contains 13 pseudonymized case examples and original testimony from parents who were separated from their children that show a pervasive, illegal practice by DHS officials...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
U.S. Refugee Crisis Shifts From Border To Courts
"[T]he number of children arriving at the border has sharply decreased, in part because Mexico has been returning children to their home countries before they can reach the United States. But the crisis has not ended. It has simply shifted. It...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Written Testimony and Statements from Senate Hearing, July 7, 2015
The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at Our Border: A Review of the Government's Response to Unaccompanied Minors One Year Later Full Committee Hearing July 07, 2015 10:00AM Member Statements Chairman Ron Johnson R (WI) Download Statement...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DOJ Announces New Priorities to Address Kids at Border
"Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced today that the Justice Department will implement a series of steps to help address the influx of migrants crossing the southern border of the United States. These include refocusing immigration court...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Snakes and Thorny Brush, and Children at the Border Alone
Hidalgo, Texas: "Border agents drove their patrol vehicles one recent day at dusk through this spit of land on the bank of the Rio Grande. Here, in a place known as the Devil’s Corner, smugglers on the Mexican side have chosen to bring thousands...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Flow of Border Immigrants Overwhelming Agencies
"The steep influx of children and families in particular has caused turmoil within the agency, prompting some Homeland Security officials to agitate internally for a shift. "We're not going to interdict our way out of this problem. More...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Notice of Temporary Exception From Expulsion of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children Pending Forthcoming Public Health Determination
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a temporary exception from expulsion for unaccompanied...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Unrepentant, DOJ Defends 'No Bond for Babies' Policy
Lest one be misled by President Obama's ' felons, not families ' rhetoric, look no further than this March 20, 2015 court filing by DOJ defending the execrable Matter of D-J- ' no bond for babies ' policy. In a nutshell, it's...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Nolan Rappaport: Is There A Better Way? - Meeting the Challenge of Unaccompanied Alien Children at the Southwest Border
Nolan Rappaport, former immigration counsel on the House Judiciary Committee representing the Democrats on the Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee, recommends getting the UNHCR involved in addressing the current refugee crisis on our...