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...
On Aug. 24, 2021 the Supreme Court, 6-3, denied the Biden administration's application for a stay of a district court order reactivating the "Remain in Mexico" (Migrant Protection Protocols or "MPP") program. Amy L. Howe has details here. Karen Tumlin points out an important qualification: "Pointing out that this [" Our order denying the Government’s request for a stay of the District Court injunction should not be read as affecting the construction of that injunction by the Court of Appeals.] is not a typical line in a stay denial with no actual reasoning. There were at least 5 votes to be sure to include language saying they were not altering the 5th circuit’s (very different) construction of the district court order. Perhaps without that narrowing by the 5th circuit the outcome tonight would be different. But regardless, it is what the 5th circuit said about good faith efforts to implement Remain in Mexico that should ground the next steps here. And that does not require a Remain in Mexico v2. Last, I think the June 1 memo ending Remain in Mexico is entirely legally sound. And not arbitrary & capricious. But given this result a new memo taking account of Texas’ alleged harms is another tool the Biden administration has to ensure this horrible program never returns."