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...
Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact, Jan. 17, 2024
"As members from separate branches of government point fingers at one another, the persistent situation at the border leaves voters with plenty of questions. "What branch of government is ‘really’ responsible for the crisis at the border?" a reader asked PolitiFact in an email. Is it the president or Congress? ... "Each of the three branches of government has a role to play in immigration law and policy, and each has failed," said Cornell University immigration law professor, Stephen Yale-Loehr. "The result: a quagmire, where nothing gets resolved and matters get worse every day. Every branch of government is to blame." ... The courts have both ruled with and against the executive branch under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Yale-Loehr said. "Thus, people don’t know how courts will rule, which reduces predictability," he said. "Moreover, litigation takes time, and is not a good way to manage immigration law and policy." "