Legal journalist Chris Geidner ("Law Dork") posted this explainer on his Substack detailing the lawsuits as of Jan. 21, 2025. A hearing on a TRO motion in one of the cases is scheduled for Thursday...
The lawsuit is here . The statement by California Attorney General Rob Bonta is here . The statement by Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is here .
Robert Brodsky, Bart Jones, Newsday, Jan. 20, 2025 "Arguably the most controversial order he signed Monday, with potentially the largest impact, would seek to end "birthright citizenship"...
The New York Times is reporting that four top EOIR officials have been fired: "The four officials included Mary Cheng, the acting director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review. The three...
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Irina D. Manta, The Conversation, Jan. 20, 2025 "...We are law professors who’ve studied the complex intersection of executive power and immigration enforcement...
Letter from the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges, Oct. 19, 2021
Comments on Proposed Rulemaking: 86 FR 46906, Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum
"Limitation on Immigration Judge Review: We strongly oppose the proposal to severely restrict the right of those denied asylum by USCIS to a full de novo merits hearing before an Immigration Judge. Given the significant increases in efficiency mentioned above, the proposed restrictions are unnecessary to reduce the backlog. Regardless, even if EOIR and DHS disagree with this assessment, regulations may neither contradict the Congressional intent of statutes they seek to interpret, nor deny due process in the name of efficiency. Yet the proposed rule would violate both of these principles in the changes they propose to Immigration Court procedures."
[There's more. Please read the whole thing.]