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...
Matthew Chayes, Newsday, June 19, 2023
"Most asylum-seeking migrants who have been arriving in cities like New York — some of whom the mayor wants to relocate to Long Island and beyond — aren’t likely to be allowed to stay legally in the United States, according to recent trends in the federal immigration system. ... A denied asylum claim can be challenged at the Board of Immigration Appeals and then to a federal appellate court — steps that can lengthen the time a person is allowed to stay by months or even years. Most people aren’t successful in winning an appeal, Cornell Law School professor Stephen W. Yale-Loehr said. ... Ultimately, he said, most of the migrants who are coming to the city won't be able to remain in the United States legally. “If they’re denied asylum,” he said, “I’d say the vast majority would not be able to stay, because they’ve exhausted their bases for trying to stay legally.”