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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
"I Hope a Lawyer Will Answer"
Tyche Hendricks, KQED, Jan. 3, 2022 "Pablo López sat on the small balcony of an apartment in a Walnut Creek housing complex, dialing phone numbers for legal aid groups across the Bay Area. Just above his head, the freshly washed Chick-fil...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Groups File Immigration 'Rocket Docket' FOIA Lawsuit Against Feds
CNS, Feb. 3, 2016 - "The Department of Justice makes it harder for vulnerable children and families to avoid deportation by hiding its priority immigration docketing policies from the public, the American Immigration Lawyers Association claims in...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Rocket Docket Immigration Court Hearings for Refugee Children (Video)
"AILA Southern California Chair Heather Poole joins us to discuss due process violations happening as California accelerates master calendar notifications for unaccompanied children." - AILA, Aug. 5, 2014 .
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Obama's 'Rocket Dockets' for Refugee Children 'Shameful'
"Responding to a flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the border in the last year, Miami's immigration court has instituted a "rocket docket,'' assigning three judges to exclusively handle cases involving the youths and decide...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
'Rocket Docket' Immigration Hearings Violate Due Process, Experts Say
Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, Oct. 27, 2016 - "Since 2014, almost 40,000 cases have been closed by "rocket docket" courts, which aim to expeditiously push immigration proceedings involving families with children, like Sandra Gutierrez, through...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DOJ Lawyer: 'There Are No Rocket Dockets' in Artesia, Karnes
"The Justice Department and immigrant-rights attorneys clashed before a federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday — a case dramatizing the split personality in the Obama administration over the question of providing counsel to child migrants faced...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Refugee Kids Still Being Fast-Tracked for Deportation
"As tens of thousands of Central Americans face expedited deportation hearings across the nation, the first wave of cases in New Jersey involving parents and their children began last week in Newark. A judge informed 18 families who were apprehended...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Many Unrepresented Families Quickly Deported Via 'Rocket Docket" - TRAC
TRAC, Oct. 18, 2016 - "When families initially do not have an attorney to represent them, disposing of their cases quickly may prevent them from locating an attorney. Yet whether or not the family is represented is the single most important factor...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judges Decry 'Rocket Dockets' for Refugee Kids
"Two federal immigration court judges criticized the fast-track deportation hearings for unaccompanied minors today and called for the courts to be made independent from the Justice Department. The judges, leaders in the National Association of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Rocket Dockets: Jettisoning Justice For Refugee Kids?
"Lawyers call them rocket dockets — court schedules that speed deportation hearings for Central American children who crossed the U.S. border without a parent. Some question whether the children are getting proper legal representation as immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigration Court 'Rocket Docket' Targets Child Refugees
"Immigrant advocacy groups were rushing on Monday to prepare for special new court procedures in New York City next week that will accelerate deportation hearings for newly arrived unaccompanied children from Central America. The advocates, who...