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...
Tim Balk, NY Daily News, Aug. 31, 2023
"Mayor Adams on Thursday urged the federal government to “stand up” and expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers pouring into New York, continuing calls that he began a year ago as relations between New York leaders and the White House remain tense. ... Asylum seekers must wait for months to get their work papers approved: the standard 150-day gap between when they submit asylum papers and work permit applications is complicated by a backlogged work authorization system, creating extensive delays. The federal Citizenship and Immigration Services agency was gutted under former President Donald Trump and has worked to catch up under President Biden, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law at Cornell University. The 150-day delay between asylum applications and work permit requests cannot be changed without an act of Congress, Yale-Loehr noted — a step considered highly unlikely in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The federal government reported it is processing 80% of asylum seekers’ work authorization submissions within two months. The waits pose a headache for local officials who are working to get tens of thousands of migrants out of the shelter system and integrated into the workforce."