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...
Carolina Bolado, Law360, July 8, 2016- "A Florida federal judge ruled Friday that a group of Cubans seeking entry into the U.S. after being apprehended on a lighthouse off the Florida Keys won't be granted access to counsel during the course of their legal proceedings because they are not being kept involuntarily by the government. ... "As the plaintiffs are not being involuntarily detained by the government, the court finds that there is no constitutional or statutory basis for compelling the government to grant attorneys access to plaintiffs," the judge said. "Any attorney access will necessarily occur because of a voluntary decision by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security or the attorney general." ... The case is Movimiento Democracia Inc. et al. v. Johnson et al., case number 1:16-cv-21868, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida."