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...
"Maricopa County will pay $675,000 to settle a lawsuit over a controversial policy of prosecuting [unauthorized] immigrants for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the country. The practice was instituted by Andrew Thomas when he was county attorney and was found to be unconstitutional last year. But current County Attorney Bill Montgomery determined that there was little likelihood the county would prevail in appeals court. The Board of Supervisors took his advice and settled the case Wednesday, stopping the practice and putting an end to the legal battles. 'This brings to an end Maricopa County's deportation machine,' said Peter Schey of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of the advocacy group, Somos America/We Are America. 'This Maricopa County policy coerced thousands of immigrants into pleading guilty to criminal offenses that precluded them from legalizing their status as residents of the United States in the future,' Schey said." - Arizona Republic, July 30, 2014.