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...
Bochen Han, South China Morning Post, Jan. 27, 2023
"With 10 days left before their temporary “safe haven” status was set to expire, President Joe Biden has extended Hongkongers’ refuge in the United States by two years, noting “compelling foreign policy reasons”. ... The memo authorises the Department of Homeland Security to give US-based Hongkongers 24 more months of what is formally known as deferred enforced departure (DED). The status means that they are not subject to removal for that period of time and can apply for a US work permit. ... Had the extension not been granted in time, Hongkongers in the US “would lose status and access to work authorisation and those without other options (some might be in the process of applying for various green card pathways) would be forced to remain in the US undocumented”, said Danilo Zak of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington-based immigration advocacy group. But Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law professor at Cornell University, said that would not have meant they would have been deported immediately. “You cannot just pick someone up and kick them out. There’s due process for everyone in the United States,” he said. First, Homeland Security would have to issue a subpoena for individuals to appear before an immigration judge, Yale-Loehr said. Then those individuals could make a case for asylum, a first step to permanent residence, better known as a green card."