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Daniel M. Kowalski
19 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park
Muzaffar Chishti, Julia Gelatt, MPI, Feb. 28, 2024 "This article reviews the recent escalation in federal-state tensions over immigration enforcement and the dispute around Shelby Park."
Daniel M. Kowalski
26 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton Sues El Paso Charity Over...What?
William Melhado, Texas Tribune, Feb. 20, 2024 "A Catholic nonprofit that operates several shelters in El Paso sued the Office of the Attorney General earlier this month to delay the release of records after the state agency demanded the immediate...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
How Much Has Texas Spent to Expel Migrants? $124 Million Dollars!
Monica Madden, KXAN, Feb. 2, 2024 "Texas has spent more than $124 million sending buses of migrants to sanctuary cities, according to records obtained by Nexstar. According to documents Nexstar obtained, Texas has paid $124,603,616.19 to bus more...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month 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
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Prof. Stephen I. Vladeck on the Border, the Constitution, and Gov. Abbott
Essential reading for con law and border buffs: 1. Federalism at the Border : "...My goal in this post is to provide a bit of a broader overview of what the Supreme Court has said about the relative roles and responsibilities of state and federal...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Shelby Park Showdown Update (Jan. 25, 2024)
On Jan. 23, 2024 DHS sent this letter to TX A.G. Paxton. On Jan. 24, 2024 TX Gov. Abbott replied here . Federal courts expert Prof. Steve Vladeck posted this on Twitter (a.k.a. "X"): "Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Supreme Court (5-4) Says OK for DHS to Cut TX Razor Wire at Border
DHS v. Texas, Jan. 22, 2024 "The application to vacate injunction presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The December 19, 2023 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, case No. 23-50869...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Shelby Park Standoff Update (Jan. 18, 2024)
On Jan. 15, 2024 the U.S. Solicitor General filed this pleading at the Supreme Court. On Jan. 17, 2024 Texas A.G. Paxton replied, here and here .
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS Sets Deadline for Abbott re Shelby Park
Jan. 14, 2024 letter from DHS to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton " ... Texas’s actions are clearly unconstitutional and are actively disrupting the federal government’s operations. We demand that Texas cease and desist its efforts...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Standoff at Shelby Park: Three Dead
On Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed this SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM REGARDING EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO VACATE THE INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL with the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas fired back on Saturday, filing this reply...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
TX Gov. Abbott Takes Border Fight With Feds To New Level
James Farrell, Forbes, Jan. 12, 2024 "The Texas National Guard seized control of a park in Eagle Pass, Texas, this week and is denying access to Border Patrol agents as the state continues to try and wrestle border enforcement away from the Biden...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Fed Sue Texas Regarding Unconstitutional SB 4 Immigration Law
DOJ, Jan. 3, 2024 "The Justice Department today filed suit against the State of Texas to challenge Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) under the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and Foreign Commerce Clause. The Constitution assigns the federal government...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Texas Immigration Bill Unconstitutional
Maria Recio, Austin American-Statesman, Jan. 3, 2023 "The U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause states that federal laws, rules and regulations trump conflicting state laws, as was upheld in a 2010 Supreme Court case on illegal immigration in...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DOJ to TX Gov. Abbott: Stand Down or We Will Sue
Dec. 28, 2023 letter from DOJ to Texas Governor Greg Abbott "Texas recently enacted Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), which will become effective on March 5, 2024. The law purports to create new state crimes tied to federal prohibitions on unlawful entry and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Lawsuit Filed Challenging TX SB4
ACLU Texas, Dec. 19, 2023 "The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the ACLU, and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed a lawsuit today challenging Texas Senate Bill 4 , which would permit local and state law enforcement to arrest and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: New Texas Border Law "Unprecedented"
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, Dec. 18, 2023 "Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Monday signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history, authorizing state officials to arrest and seek the deportation of migrants...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
CA5 (2-1) - Texas Must Cease Work on Floating Rio Grande Barriers: USA v. Abbott
USA v. Abbott "In July 2023, Texas, at the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, installed a floating barrier in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas. The United States filed a civil enforcement action against Texas, alleging that installment of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judge rejects Texas bid to stop agents cutting border razor wire
Sareen Habeshian, Axios, Dec. 1, 2023 "Texas lawmakers' effort to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked by a federal judge on Thursday. The big picture: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: TX Gov. Abbott Set to Make "Political Statement" by Signing SB4
Ava Sasani, The Guardian, Nov. 17, 2023 "Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, is expected to sign two rightwing immigration bills, setting off a likely constitutional battle over a new law that allows state and local police to arrest anyone suspected...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts: Texas Immigration Bill "Plainly Unlawful and Plainly Unconstitutional"
Aarón Torres and Alfredo Corchado, The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 14, 2023 "A sweeping border security bill prioritized by Gov. Greg Abbott would allow for Texas to order undocumented migrants to return to Mexico, but experts, including former...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Former IJs and BIA Members Push Back Against Texas Bill
Statement of Former Immigration Judges and Appellate Immigration Judges regarding H.B. 4/S.B. 4, Nov. 10, 2023 "We are former Immigration Judges with decades of experience as experts in Immigration Law. We were appointed by and served under both...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Biden's Stealth Border Wall in Texas
Melissa del Bosque, Nov. 7, 2023 "Despite his promises to not build “one more foot of wall,” President Joe Biden is now speeding ahead with a contract for 17 miles of new wall in rural Starr County, Texas. Border residents say they...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
30 'Dreamers' to Attempt U.S. Re-Entry
"Lorena Vargas grew up in Tucson. Her mother is a naturalized U.S. citizen. But the 19-year-old undocumented immigrant has been stuck in Mexico since she traveled out of the U.S. in February 2012 to apply for a legal visa at the U.S. consulate in...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Eight Border Activists Released by CBP
"Eight of the more than 30 immigrant activists who tried Monday to enter the U.S. at an international bridge in Laredo have been released pending their immigration cases. Federal authorities released four teenagers and three adults — parents...
Daniel M. Kowalski
5 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS to Build Border Barriers in Texas: Advance Copy
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 10/05/2023 "The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order...
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