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...
DOJ OIG, Apr. 2021
Limited-Scope Review of the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
"EOIR has had to balance difficult, sometimes conflicting challenges presented by the pandemic. We found that EOIR took some actions to help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 for staff and parties to immigration proceedings but various factors limited the efficacy of these efforts. Although some of the factors fell outside EOIR’s control, we identified shortcomings in decisions and practices on the part of EOIR that hindered its response."