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Daniel M. Kowalski
3 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Feds, Groups Sue Iowa
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Iowa Regarding Unconstitutional State Immigration Law Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa’s Unconstitutional SF 2340
Daniel M. Kowalski
7 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
New Primary Source Documents Available on Lexis+
Lexis+ subscribers, here are some new items you will find when searching in the Immigration Law sections: EOIR SOURCES >> Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual thru January 2024 EOIR SOURCES >> Immigration Court Practice Manual...
Daniel M. Kowalski
7 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrant America: A Portrait
UCI, May 7, 2024 "In their newly released edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait (University of California Press), UCI Distinguished Professor of sociology Rubén G. Rumbaut and Alejandro Portes of both Princeton University and the University...
Daniel M. Kowalski
12 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DOJ Warns It Will Sue If Iowa Tries To Enforce Its New Immigration Law
Galen Bacharier, Des Moines Register, May 3, 2024 "The U.S. Department of Justice will sue Iowa to block a new immigration law criminalizing "illegal reentry" if it remains in effect, a top DOJ official wrote to Gov. Kim Reynolds and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
26 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
One-Stop Shopping
Not sure which LexisNexis immigration publication you need in your arsenal? Here is a link to all 32 titles available today. You're welcome!
Daniel M. Kowalski
29 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Free Online Event: EVERYONE WHO IS GONE IS HERE - The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
eCornell - Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 1pm EDT [Register at the link.] In this discussion, Marielena Hincapié, Distinguished Immigration Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School, interviews Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at The New Yorker...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
A Love Story
Greg Varner, GW Today, Mar. 21, 2024 "Comedies often end with a wedding, and there’s a marriage in this story, but it’s not a comedy. This is an immigration story, and it ends in a naturalization ceremony, with some painful, dramatic...
Daniel M. Kowalski
7 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Rapper 21 Savage Earns Green Card
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, Oct. 7, 2023 " 21 Savage ’s four-year immigration saga has come to a happy conclusion as the rapper revealed he is now a “lawful permanent resident” of the U.S. and, with his status no longer in question...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigration Judge Won’t Delay Hearing For Lawyer’s Maternity Leave, Then Berates Her For Bringing Baby To Court
"An attorney on maternal leave was denied her request to postpone an immigration hearing in Atlanta, and had to litigate with her baby strapped to her chest. Then, she was berated by the judge, who refused to delay the hearing, for bringing her child...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
20% Discount on Selected Immigration Titles
Use the promotional code www.lexisnexis.com/BIB2024 for 20% savings on these titles: Immigration Law Handbook Immigration Law Pocket Field Guide J Visa Guidebook Immigration Law and Procedure Bender's Immigration and Nationality Act Pam...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Are Immigrants the Secret to America’s Economic Success? (Answer: Yes!)
Paul Krugman, New York Times, Mar. 19, 2024 "[There is] growing evidence that immigration is helping the U.S. economy — indeed, that it may be a major reason for our surprising economic success. ... But are immigrants taking jobs away from...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Biden's Immigration Powers Are Limited
Eric Cortellessa, Time Magazine, Feb. 29, 2024 "Legal experts say that Biden can’t unilaterally override immigration law without legislation. The current federal statute requires the U.S. government to grant asylum to persons who have been...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
A Tempest-Tost Book Review
Welcome the Wretched, by Prof. César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández What do 21 Savage (Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) and Justin Bieber have in common? At least two things: they are successful pop singers and they are not...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Barr on Torture: Matter of O-F-A-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 35 (A.G. 2020)
Matter of O-F-A-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 35 (A.G. 2020) (1) Under Department of Justice regulations implementing the Convention Against Torture, an act constitutes “torture” only if it is inflicted or approved by a public official or other person...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 on CAT: Velasquez-Samayoa v. Garland
Velasquez-Samayoa v. Garland "Miguel Angel Velasquez-Samayoa seeks protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Velasquez-Samayoa asserts that, if he were removed to his native country of El Salvador, he would be identified...
Daniel M. Kowalski
6 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Green Card Backlog Costs Economy Trillions in Gains, Report Says
Andrew Kreighbaum, Bloomberg Law, Nov. 8, 2023 "The US is missing out on trillions in economic gains thanks to worsening green card backlogs, according to projections from the Bipartisan Policy Center. Roughly 7.6 million people are stuck in queues...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Humane Solutions That Work: 10 Ways The Biden Administration Should Reshape Immigration Policy
Heidi Altman, NIJC, Feb. 21, 2024 "For too long, extremist lawmakers and commentators have shaped the immigration debate through misinformation and rhetoric that demonizes people seeking safety and a better life. The result is a punitive, enforcement...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Texas Statute a "Frontal Assault" on Federal Immigration Law
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2024 "For more than a century, immigration and border enforcement have been seen as falling exclusively under federal control, and when states tried to exert a greater role, courts shut them down. Texas...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Chevron, Brand X, Auer, Kisor and Immigration Law: It's Complicated
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box have thoughts: "The Supreme Court on January 17, 2024 heard arguments in two cases – R elentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo – that may determine whether courts...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Migrants Will Keep Coming "No Matter What"
Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 28, 2024 "As negotiations faltered Friday, Biden released a statement saying a bipartisan group of senators have been working around the clock over the past two months to address the border crisis and that the...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Biden at the Three-Year Mark: The Most Active Immigration Presidency Yet
MPI Policy Beat, Jan. 19, 2024 "This article reviews the major immigration actions during the Biden administration’s first three years, focusing on border enforcement, interior enforcement and impacts on U.S. cities, humanitarian protection...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Most Trump-Era Immigration Policies Still In Effect
According to the Immigration Policy Tracking Project, as of Dec. 25, 2023 , of the 1,027 Trump actions, 684 are fully in effect, 57 are partially in effect, and 294 are not in effect. 333 were acted upon by the Biden administration, 108 were acted on...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Every Branch of Government is to Blame for Immigration Problems
Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact, Jan. 17, 2024 "As members from separate branches of government point fingers at one another, the persistent situation at the border leaves voters with plenty of questions. "What branch of government is ‘really’...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Straight Talk About Immigration
"The increased arrivals at the U.S. southern border, and the dysfunction of an immigration system that has not been reformed by Congress for more than 30 years, have fueled arguments that the United States should turn away immigrants at the border...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
New Appellate Immigration Law Clinic Steps Up
Rachel Konieczny, Maryland Daily Record, January 12, 2024 "With the backlog of immigration cases in U.S. immigration court recently exceeding 3 million , immigration practitioners and professors hope to expand access to legal services for noncitizens...
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