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Inside News

December 05, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski

Big Reversal and Victory at CA5: Argueta-Hernandez II

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

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...

Judge rejects Texas bid to stop agents cutting border razor ...

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...

Braving La Bestia

Jordan Vonderhaar, Texas Observer, Nov. 21, 2023 "Forty miles south of Ciudad Juárez, protected from the glaring desert sun by a blanket tied to a ladder, a mother nurses her nine-month-old...

Experts: New Conditions Challenge Old Asylum Law

Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Nov. 28, 2023 "The story of the Miskito who have left their ancestral home to come 2,500 miles to the U.S.-Mexico border is in many ways familiar. Like others coming...

Free Border Enforcement Webinar Dec. 6, 2023

ABA "Four national immigration experts will discuss the changing landscape of border law and policies at a free Dec. 6 webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration...

An American-Born Doctor, Now Stateless?

Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2023 "The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake."

How Prosecutorial Discretion Saved Our Client

Cyrus Mehta and Jessica Paszko, Nov. 24, 2023 " This is the story of our client Nadia Habib who was in immigration proceedings from 18 months till 31 years until an Immigration Judge granted her...

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"

Practice Advisory: Common Tools of Statutory Construction for...

American Immigration Council and the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, University of Minnesota Law School, Nov. 28, 2023 "This practice advisory...

Au Pair Proposed Rule Comment Period Extended 30 Days

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/30/2023 "On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of State (Department of State) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Wilkinson v. Garland: Links

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Wilkinson v. Garland. Issue: Whether an agency determination that a given set of established facts does not rise to the...

AAO NIW Victory: Teacher, Saipan

On Nov. 17, 2023 the AAO reversed an EB-2 National Interest Waiver denial by the Texas Service Center, saying: "The Petitioner has met the requisite three prongs set forth in the Dhanasar analytical...

ICE Directive: INTERPOL Red Notices and Wanted Person Diffus...

ICE, Aug. 15, 2023 "This Directive provides guidance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel about Red Notices published by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL...

DHS Inconsistency Muddies Detained Cubans’ Path to Green Car...

Georgianna Pisano Goetz, Nov. 24, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security has been pushing inconsistent arguments about the meaning of parole under the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, needlessly...

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Current Outside News

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...

Judge rejects Texas bid to stop agents cutting border razor ...

Braving La Bestia

Experts: New Conditions Challenge Old Asylum Law

Free Border Enforcement Webinar Dec. 6, 2023

An American-Born Doctor, Now Stateless?

How Prosecutorial Discretion Saved Our Client

Current Inside News

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...

Practice Advisory: Common Tools of Statutory Construction for...

Au Pair Proposed Rule Comment Period Extended 30 Days

Wilkinson v. Garland: Links

AAO NIW Victory: Teacher, Saipan

ICE Directive: INTERPOL Red Notices and Wanted Person Diffus...

DHS Inconsistency Muddies Detained Cubans’ Path to Green Car...

Experience Lexis+