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Inside News

December 11, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski

CA6 on Mixed Motive: Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland

Outside News

October 31, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski

Biden's AI Executive Order Has Visa Implications

Inside News

November 28, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski

Wilkinson v. Garland: Links

Current Outside News

Senator Calls For Closure of NM CoreCivic Immigration Jail

Austin Fisher, Source NM, Dec. 8, 2023 "When human waste flooded part of a U.S. immigration prison in central New Mexico last month, guards ordered incarcerated people to clean it up with their...

Private Prison Firms Set To Cash In On Immigrant Surveillance...

The Lever, Dec. 8, 2023 "As the country’s immigration agency ponders a significant expansion of its vast, troubled immigrant surveillance regime, private prison companies are telling investors...

Asylum Does Not Apply At Sea

Seth Freed Wessler, New York Times, Dec. 6, 2023 "People intercepted at sea, even in U.S. waters, have fewer rights than those who come by land. “Asylum does not apply at sea,” a Coast...

False Hopes: Over 100,000 Immigrant Youth Trapped in the SIJS...

Alina Hernandez, Tulane University, Dec. 5, 2023 "A new report co-authored by Tulane Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic shows that more than 100,000 abused or abandoned immigrant youths are in...

Four Distinguished Scholars on a Path Forward for Immigration...

Bipartisan Policy Center, Dec. 5, 2023 "In this week’s episode, BPC host Jack Malde chats with four distinguished immigration scholars at Cornell Law School on their new white paper “Immigration...

FREE Border Security Webinar TODAY, Wed. Dec. 6, 2023, 2PM E...

ABA "Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Southwest Border: The Only Constant is Change 2 PM EST ... Register HERE This webinar is designed to offer up-to-date information on enforcement...

Research: Immigration Essential to Growth, Vitality

William H. Frey, Nov. 29, 2023 "Immigration has become one of the nation’s most contentious political issues. Yet there has been less public attention paid to broader immigration policy than...

Where's Harry When You Need Him?

The current federal Immigration and Nationality Act is based on a bill passed by Congress in 1952. But did you know that President Harry Truman vetoed the bill? Congress overrode his veto. Here is his...

ABA Opposes Funding Proposals That Restrict Asylum, Parole

ABA, Dec. 4, 2023 "American Bar Association President Mary Smith wrote to the U.S. Senate to urge senators to continue working towards bipartisan solutions to the difficult challenges presented...

CA5 (2-1) - Texas Must Cease Work on Floating Rio Grande Barriers...

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...

CA6 on Mixed Motive: Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland

Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland "[T]he Board found that Sebastian-Sebastian failed to demonstrate a nexus between her particular social groups and the harm she faced. In its denial of CAT protection...

Judge Sabraw Signs Historic Order in Ms. L. v. ICE (Family Separation...

Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S....

Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs

USCIS, Dec. 8, 2023 "The employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be higher than was typical before the pandemic, though lower than in FY 2021-2023. We are dedicated to...

Ms. L. Settlement Pending Judge's Signature

Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge was poised Friday to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively...

"The Government Knew This"

In an unpublished decision dated Dec. 4, 2023 a panel of the Ninth Circuit remanded for a new hearing. The facts are stunning...unless you practice immigration law: "Because Lead Petitioner credibly...

DOS Final Rule Will Eliminate 22 CFR 42.68

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/07/2023 "The Department of State (“Department”) is amending its regulation governing immigrant visas by removing...

Big Reversal and Victory at CA5: Argueta-Hernandez II

On July 10, 2023, a Fifth Circuit panel dismissed Mr. Argueta-Hernandez' petition for review for lack of jurisdiction, 73 F.4th 300. On Dec. 5, 2023 the panel (Higginbotham, Graves, and Douglas)...

On Today's Date, 2006...

Here is a look back at what I posted to this blog on Dec. 5, 2006 .

BIA on PSG, Persecution, Nexus: Matter of M-R-M-S-, 28 I&N...

Matter of M-R-M-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2023) - If a persecutor is targeting members of a certain family as a means of achieving some other ultimate goal unrelated to the protected ground, family...

EOIR Still Has "Many" IJ Vacancies, "Location...

EOIR, Dec. 1, 2023 "Application Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2023"

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Current Outside News

Senator Calls For Closure of NM CoreCivic Immigration Jail

Private Prison Firms Set To Cash In On Immigrant Surveillance...

Asylum Does Not Apply At Sea

False Hopes: Over 100,000 Immigrant Youth Trapped in the SIJS...

Four Distinguished Scholars on a Path Forward for Immigration...

FREE Border Security Webinar TODAY, Wed. Dec. 6, 2023, 2PM E...

Research: Immigration Essential to Growth, Vitality

Where's Harry When You Need Him?

ABA Opposes Funding Proposals That Restrict Asylum, Parole

CA5 (2-1) - Texas Must Cease Work on Floating Rio Grande Barriers...

Current Inside News

CA6 on Mixed Motive: Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland

Judge Sabraw Signs Historic Order in Ms. L. v. ICE (Family Separation...

Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs

Ms. L. Settlement Pending Judge's Signature

"The Government Knew This"

DOS Final Rule Will Eliminate 22 CFR 42.68

Big Reversal and Victory at CA5: Argueta-Hernandez II

On Today's Date, 2006...

BIA on PSG, Persecution, Nexus: Matter of M-R-M-S-, 28 I&N...

EOIR Still Has "Many" IJ Vacancies, "Location...

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