My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
"An undocumented immigrant detained by immigration authorities after being arrested in a domestic-violence incident — in which she was the victim — is speaking out because she doesn't want others to go through the same ordeal. Virginia Mancinas Urtusuastegui, 35, of Glenwood Springs, said being in custody for two weeks under a deportation order, even though her misdemeanor charge of false reporting was dropped for lack of evidence, makes her reluctant to call police for help. “If I have another problem like this one, I would never call the police,” Mancinas said. “A lot of people who know what happened to me won't call the police. They don't want to go to jail. They would rather suffer through what they are facing.” Her case illustrates a policy battle that erupted locally this week between the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario." - Heather McGregor, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, May 25, 2012.
More from the Denver Post, the Associated Press, and the ACLU here and here.