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 few weeks ago when Juan Perez of Sunnyside and his wife, Diana Blanco De La O, celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, the couple couldn't give each other that anniversary's traditional gift of flowers. They couldn't share a romantic dinner out, or even a low-key night propping their feet up at home and snuggling through a rented movie. The couple have lived more than 2,800 miles apart since early 2011, when Blanco De La O became stranded in Mexico while trying to obtain a green card. They've spent almost two years trying to convince the federal government why it's a hardship for a husband and wife to be separated. And their attorney, Tom Roach of Pasco, says they never should have been separated at all. "This is bureaucratic stupidity," Roach told the Herald." - Michelle Dupler, Tri-City Herald, Nov. 25, 2012.
Marine Juan Perez of Sunnyside has been fighting the federal government for nearly two years to get a green card for his wife, Diana Blanco De La O. She was born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. illegally by her family at age 9. The couple have lived more than 2,800 miles apart since early 2011, when Blanco De La O became stranded in Mexico while trying to obtain a green card. Photo courtesy Juan Perez.