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...
Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, Dec. 4, 2020
"Eighteen youths, including an 11-year-old, are facing expedited removal proceedings in which Houston-area immigration judges ordered them to hand over complicated documentation on short notice Friday. Most of these local unaccompanied minors from Central America received new scheduling orders in mid-November and suddenly had to deliver documentation about trauma and hardship they faced back home — evidence that normally takes months for lawyers to compile while they develop rapport with young clients, said Megan McKenna, spokesperson for Kids in Need of Defense, which represents 10 of the minors. ...“The Trump administration has attacked the immigration system in unprecedented ways over the past four years,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, who teaches immigration law at Cornell University. “This memo is just the latest salvo in their dying days to send people who have faced persecution back to their home countries.” ... Yale-Loehr said the “enhanced case flow” policy is a part of a series of memos and executive decisions by Trump appointees aimed at making it tougher for immigrants to get relief and remain in the U.S. The flagships among 400-some policy memos are the order to stop entries at the border during the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Remain in Mexico” edict and an order under Attorney General Jeff Sessions that said that victims of domestic violence or gang violence could not qualify for asylum. The twin goals, Yale-Loehr said, are to speed up the docket and deter people from trying to come to the U.S."