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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
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ORR Social Worker at Jail for Refugee Kids: "I Wanted No Part of It Any Longer"
"It was the summer of 2014 when I finally realized what I was being asked to do: incarcerate children. I was 22, new to social work, and working in Seattle at a 20-bed facility that houses 12- to 17-year-old immigrant youths. It’s funded by...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Three Kids in Immigration Court
"Fusion attended one such court proceeding last week in Arlington, Va., to get an idea how children are being treated by the system— and whether they’re even showing up for their hearings. Of 15 cases on the judge’s docket that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Seattle Judge Weighs Right to Attorney for Kids in Deportation
"U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly heard arguments on the government’s motion to dismiss the case. Zilly’s questions focused on his jurisdiction to decide this broad issue, and how kids are handled in immigration court. Government...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judge Keeps Alive Battle Over Counsel For Refugee Kids
"A Washington federal judge on Monday kept alive a class action seeking lawyers for immigrant children facing removal proceedings, but trimmed the suit of three of nine named plaintiffs and a count of violating the Immigration and Nationality Act...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Aaliyah The Brave: Empowering Children Coping With Immigration Enforcement
Rekha Sharma-Crawford "Aaliyah is every child who has ever known the heartbreak of having a parent forcibly removed from the home by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She is the voiceless, and faceless child that is often forgotten in a system...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Research: Immigration Judges Influenced by Politics
Daniel Braaten, Claire Nolasco Braaten, The Conversation, July 13, 2021 "The news over the past months has been saturated with stories about another “surge” of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border of the U.S. In March 2021,...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Groups Demand Release of Infants from Immigration Jails
AIC, AILA, CLINIC Legal, Feb. 28, 2019 "We write to bring your attention to an alarming increase in the number of infants being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. As of today, there are at least nine infants under one year...
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
Texas Immigration Jail Holding Some Families Too Long
Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press, May 31, 2017 - "Afghan asylum seeker Samira Hakimi and her family members — three of them young children — have spent six months inside a Texas immigration lockdown, even though state lawmakers adjourned this week...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Thousands of Immigrant Parents Detained - HRW Report
Human Rights Watch, May 15, 2017 - "New data analysis reveals that more than 10,000 parents of US citizen children are most likely detained every year in California by immigration authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. In light of new Trump...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Your Editor On The Road Today, Wed., Apr. 8, 2015
Teaching 'Immigration Law 101' to fifteen top journalists at: http://justicejournalism.org/events/journalism-fellowship-2015/ ... so posting may be light until tomorrow... Follow @IJJNews on Twitter, #IJJ15
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
High Court to Review Immigration Dispute
"The Supreme Court on Monday waded into a complicated dispute over a law aimed at keeping immigrant families together in a case that underscores the occasionally tense relationship between immigration proponents and the Obama administration as Congress...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DOJ Letter to Alabama School Districts: Children Deserve Equal Access to Public Education
"Today, the Justice Department issued a letter to Alabama school districts reminding them of their obligation under federal law that a state may not deny a child equal access to public education based on his or her immigration status. The...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
If Plyler is the target, children are collateral damage
"Whether the critics are correct in arguing that the law has created a “chilling effect,” inducing families to pull their children out of school, is harder to measure than it may seem. While daily absences by Hispanic students ranged as high...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Parents report Hispanic students face bullying following Alabama immigration law
"Spanish-speaking parents say their children are facing more bullying and taunts at school since Alabama's tough crackdown on illegal immigration took effect last month. Many blame the name-calling on fallout from the law, which has been...
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