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...
Raga Justin, Times Union, June 5, 2023
"Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration attorney who teaches immigration law at Cornell University, pointed to climate change as one of the major forces displacing people, especially those who work in agriculture in Central and South America. But climate change does not in itself fulfill the legal requirements for asylum. ... There have not been any significant reforms to the process since the 1990s, Yale-Loehr said. “The world has changed, but our immigration system has not,” Yale-Loehr said. “So the whole system is clogged and that poses problems.” The shortage of immigration lawyers across New York, especially those who do pro bono work, is another challenge, Yale-Loehr said. Because immigration is considered a civil matter, legal representation is not guaranteed. Organizations that offer free legal services have said they are swamped.