CHRCL, May 31, 2019 - "Today we filed a motion to enforce the Flores settlement challenging the lengthy detention of children at the prison-like detention camp for unaccompanied minors located at Homestead, Florida. The motion details the long-term... Read More

H-2B Applications and Prevailing Wage Requests Continue Through May 15; USCIS Resumes Premium Processing | On April 15, 2015, the federal district court for the Northern District of Florida issued a further order in Perez v. Perez, No 3:14-cv-682 ... Read More

By Lou Cannon | When a do-little Congress went home without addressing the crisis caused by the flight of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America across U.S. borders, immense strains were placed on state-supervised programs that provide... Read More

Supreme Court Decides CSPA Case | On June 9, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio , 2014 U.S. LEXIS 3991 [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ]. The Court held that the BIA’s textually... Read More

Procedures for H-2Bs Still in Flux | The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida enjoined the Department of Labor’s H-2B labor-certification rule of February 21, 2012, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 10,038. The injunction came in... Read More

H-2B Interim Final Rule Expected in April | On March 4, 2015, the federal district court in the Northern District of Florida vacated the Department of Labor's (DOL) 2008 H-2B regulations on the ground that the DOL lacks authority under the INA... Read More

BIA, Feb. 27, 2018 - "Amicus Invitation No. 18-02-27 AMICUS INVITATION (CONVICTION FOR POSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN FLORIDA), DUE March 29, 2018 FEBRUARY 27, 2018 The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of... Read More

"In a long-anticipated decision, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Tampa immigrant Jose Godinez-Samperio cannot practice law because he’s not a citizen, and called on the Legislature to correct what it called an “injustice... Read More

Allissa Wickham, Law360, June 2, 2015 - "Several landscape businesses and groups launched a suit in Florida federal court Monday challenging brand-new regulations for the H-2B program issued by the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of... Read More

"As both a participant and an observer in the case of Jose Manuel Godinez Samperio’s efforts to obtain a license to practice law in Florida, I am writing this Article to clarify the issues involved in his case, to discuss the larger questions... Read More

On Sept. 7, 2016, Sui Chung writes: "This morning, in Khan v. Whiddon et al . , the Middle District of Florida granted a habeas corpus petition pursuant to Sopo v. U.S. Attorney General , 825 F.3d 1199 (11th Cir. 2016), for detainee of 4.5 years... Read More

Sale of a controlled substance in violation of section 893.13(1)(a)(1) of the Florida Statutes, which lacks a mens rea element with respect to the illicit nature of the substance but requires knowledge of its presence and includes an affirmative defense... Read More

Rila v. Florida, Apr, 26, 2017, DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FOURTH DISTRICT "Anne Marie Rila appeals the summary denial of a rule 3.850 motion that alleged her plea was involuntary based upon misadvice from a person posing... Read More

Gordon v. Atty. Gen. - "Petitioner Lannie Gordon (“Gordon”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“Board” or “BIA”) order upholding the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) finding... Read More

Matter of X-, Nov. 8, 2016 (unpub.) - "A conviction under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1 )(a)(2) for possession with intent to sell ... does not require a showing of an attempt or substantial step towards the completion of unlawful trading or dealing... Read More