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Inside News

December 07, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski

"The Government Knew This"

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

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...

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...

"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"

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...

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Current Outside News

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...

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

Braving La Bestia

Current Inside News

"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...

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

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