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...
"State Department programs that bring foreign exchange students to the United States to work or attend school require urgent attention because students are being put at risk for abuse, according to a report from the federal Inspector General’s office. That’s because the State Department’s programs are poorly run, according to the report. It said some programs need to be restructured and another federal agency — the Labor Department — may need to take over other programs." - Associated Press, Mar. 19, 2012.
[NOTE: The report is redacted. I find the (b)(5) redactions infuriating. I encourage reporters to file a FOIA request for an unredacted version, and to pursue the request through the administrative and judicial appeals process; I doubt these redactions would survive judicial scrutiny. So much for 'transparency.']