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...
"The fact that some portions of Tennessee’s immigration population do not have local roots as deep as in other parts of the country might make the lack of reporting to state officials here worse. There are just fewer people around who can issue warnings about the dangers involved. “In places like Texas and California, where the Latino population goes back three generations, or even farther, there might be less fear of reporting the crimes,” said Lewis, Garcia-Wisther’s lawyer. “Out here, if you’re in Smithville and you have a problem with a notario, you probably don’t know what to do about it.” Over the past three years, the attorney general's office has taken legal action against 11 notarios, most of which resulted in judgments that effectively shut down the fraudulent operations. But by most accounts, hundreds more notarios in all corners of the state are profiting unjustly from immigrants’ desperate situations. “People have been hopeful for change for so long,” Lewis said. “But it takes a huge chunk of time to prosecute these cases because witnesses are not easy to come by.”" - The Tennessean, Nov. 24, 2012.