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...
"A decade ago, when New Mexico legislators changed the state’s laws so that unauthorized migrants could get driver’s licenses, they had people like Maximo Olivas-Perea in mind. A longtime resident of Santa Fe, Olivas-Perea did not have the federal government’s permission to live in the United States. But here he was, nonetheless, living in a mobile home near the city’s small airport. Until 2016. That’s when, after renewing his license—as state law allows migrants to do—his life flipped upside down. ... "