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...
Erica Melzer, Denverite, Feb. 15, 2017 - "Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented immigrant who has been living in the Denver area for nearly two decades, was denied her stay from deportation from the United States Wednesday morning because she did not attend her scheduled check-in with immigration authorities. Vizguerra is now entering sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society of Denver. “Today is a hard day, but today is the day that we fight,” said attorney Hans Meyer, who represents Vizguerra. “Jeanette’s case is ‘Exhibit A’ in the brutality and the stupidity of Trump’s immigration enforcement plans.” Jeanette Vizguerra had faced the possibility of deportation multiple times, but the threat seemed much more imminent in light of stories from around the country of immigration officers applying new standards and moving with much greater speed than before."