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...
Training and Guidance Documents Related to Afghan Refugee, Asylum, SIV and Parole Processing - "Through the Freedom of Information Act and other litigation, IRAP has obtained thousands of pages of training and guidance documents from the Department of State (DOS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Department of Defense (DOD) that provide details and insight into various humanitarian immigration pathways for displaced Afghans. Below, we identify several categories of documents, highlight individual documents, and provide brief context for why practitioners may find the documents useful. Please note that U.S. government policies change frequently and the linked documents do not always reflect current policy."
Shortcomings of "Project Rabbit" - "IRAP shares and analyzes newly released Department of Defense (DoD) documents about Project Rabbit, a program developed by the DoD and Department of State (DOS) to streamline the employment verification process for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants. IRAP obtained the documents through a FOIA request and related lawsuit and was represented by lawyers at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. This document collection was reviewed and analyzed by students from IRAP’s experiential learning course at Yale Law School and IRAP staff. The newly released documents shed light on the details of Project Rabbit. Very little public information exists about Project Rabbit, apart from a brief section on a Department of State (DOS) website. In the absence of public information, there has been ongoing confusion about how the program operates and whether it continues to exist."