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May 17, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
CA10 on Jurisdiction: Mukantagara v. DHS
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May 19, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
One Dollar a Day: Labor Conditions Within California Immigration...
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May 26, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
OFLC Posts 9089 News (May 26, 2023)
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April 06, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
ICE arrests former Salvadoran Army officer in New Jersey accused...
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April 05, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
Denver IJ Grants CAT, Withholding Relief (El Salvador, PSG)
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May 17, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
8.3 Million Relatives of U.S. Citizens & Legal Residents...
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May 19, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
Practice Advisory: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Petitions...

Current Outside News

Expert: Courts Would Strike Down Trump Citizenship Proposal as...

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, May 30, 2023 "Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to challenge a long-standing interpretation of the U.S. Constitution in an attempt to end birthright...

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Almost 20 Years Ago...

In the July 4, 2004 issue of Bender's Immigration Bulletin I published this essay .  As we head into the long weekend...and an even longer 2024 election cycle in which immigration will loom large....

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Understanding the End of Title 42

In this one-hour webinar, four experts explain what will happen next at the border.  Essential viewing!  Watch the recording here .

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Immigrants Key to Economic Growth: Report

Senate Joint Economic Committee, Dec. 14, 2022 "As the United States continues its recovery from the pandemic recession, immigrant workers are essential to the continued growth of the labor force...

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U.S. Border Asylum Policy Enters New Territory Post-Title 42

Muzaffar Chishti, Kathleen Bush-Joseph, MPI, May 25, 2023 "U.S. border enforcement finds itself in an uncertain new era now that the pandemic-era Title 42 border expulsions policy has been lifted...

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Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory...

ACLU of Florida, May 22, 2023 "A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients...

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Experts Debunk "Terrorist Border Crossing" Hype

Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, May 24, 2023 "“Hundreds of people on our terrorist watch list are crossing our borders.” — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), in his presidential announcement speech, May 22...

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Let's Not Kill All the Lawyers: Removing Barriers to Effective...

Angelo A. Paparelli, May 22, 2023 "The famous line from Shakespeare — “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers” (Dick the Butcher, Act IV, Scene II,  Henry VI, Part II ) — is interpreted...

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On May 20, 1997...

Every year around this time I remind readers that in 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexican border as part of the war on drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández, Jr. Mistaken for a drug runner...

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One Dollar a Day: Labor Conditions Within California Immigration...

UCLA MPP, May 2023 "Over 70 years since its inception, a provision under an appropriations bill that the 95th United States Congress passed has allowed immigrant workers in detention centers to...

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Current Inside News

Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG) Training Materials for Asylum Officers

Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG) Training Materials...

David L. Cleveland, May 29, 2023 "US-CIS, in response to a FOIA lawsuit by the Louise Trauma Center, released 109 pages of training materials, dated December 2019, that it gave to its asylum officers...

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Organizations Reach Settlement in Case Brought to Protect Medically Vulnerable People Detained by ICE

Organizations Reach Settlement in Case Brought to Protect Medically...

NWIRP, May 30, 2023 "The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington approved a settlement agreement today in Favela Avendaño v. Bostock, a case brought in 2020 by Northwest Immigrant...

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OFLC Posts 9089 News (May 26, 2023)

OFLC Posts 9089 News (May 26, 2023)

OFLC, May 26, 2023 1.   OFLC announces case submission for the Form ETA 9089 for PERM in FLAG on June 1, 2023 OFLC previously announced a delay to the date on which it will transition PERM submission...

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Advance Copy: DOS Delays Visa Fee Final Rule Effective Date

Advance Copy: DOS Delays Visa Fee Final Rule Effective Date

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/26/2023 "The Department of State (the Department) is delaying the effective date of a final rule that appeared in the Federal...

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ICE: Update Guidance on F, M Visa Issuance

ICE: Update Guidance on F, M Visa Issuance

ICE, May 2, 2023 "In February 2023, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) provided updated guidance that consular officers can now issue an F or M student visa up to 365 days in advance of an international...

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Termination in the Twilight Zone When the I-485 Application Has Been Pending for Less Than 180 Days

Termination in the Twilight Zone When the I-485 Application Has...

Cyrus D. Mehta & Jessica Paszko, May 23, 2023 "Just a couple of months ago we considered the  options available to terminated H-1B workers who want to become entrepreneurs . Since then, layoffs...

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DOS on "Administrative Processing"

DOS on "Administrative Processing"

State Department, May 19, 2023 "The Department of State is processing visas more efficiently than ever while upholding our national security responsibilities.  We are continuously reducing the time...

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USCIS Policy Alert: Removing Guidance Related to the 2020 Civics Test (May 4, 2023)

USCIS Policy Alert: Removing Guidance Related to the 2020 Civics...

USCIS, May 4, 2023 "On December 1, 2020, USCIS implemented a revised naturalization civics test (“2020 civics test”). However, USCIS reverted to using the 2008 test on March 1, 2021. For a brief...

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Matter of Pougatchev, 28 I&N Dec. 719 (BIA 2023) (2-1)

Matter of Pougatchev, 28 I&N Dec. 719 (BIA 2023) (2-1)

Matter of Pougatchev, 28 I&N Dec. 719 (BIA 2023) (2-1) (1) A conviction for burglary of a building under section 140.25(1)(d) of the New York Penal Law is not categorically an aggravated felony burglary...

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CA5 on Defective NTA: Luna v. Garland

CA5 on Defective NTA: Luna v. Garland

Luna v. Garland (unpub.) "Dagoberto Luna petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of his appeal of an immigration judge’s denial of his motion to rescind an in absentia...

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