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...
"One of the 17 individuals pardoned by President Barack Obama today was An Na Peng of Hawaii who was indicted by a grand jury in 1966 for allegedly providing answers to immigrants seeking naturalization. Peng was employed by a testing facility and was accused of providing answers to examinees and changing incorrect answers on completed exams. She pleaded not guilty. At trial Peng was found guilty and was sentenced to two years of probation. Peng is a native and citizen of China who entered the United States in 1991. The Board of Immigration Appeals had rejected Peng’s request to waive her deportability based on certain circumstances. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed * with the BIA and sided with Peng." - Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Mar. 1, 2013.
* Peng v. Holder, 673 F.3d 1248 (9th Cir. 2012)