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 deportation case that started Jan. 11, 2012, was supposed to end in the departure of Flavio Ramos Cruz from the U.S. on Wednesday. But some striking turns of events over the year helped him remain in Lexington, the place he has called home since 2004. Among those events are President Barack Obama’s policy shift on low-priority deportations, the unexpected advocacy provided by a safety net of volunteers and Cruz’s severe injury in a car accident. It all led up to last week’s decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to close Cruz’s immigration case. ... As a low-priority immigrant with a medical condition (colostomy bag), Cruz was able to get his case closed through the pro bono work of a Winston-Salem lawyer, Helen Parsonage, who was recommended by one of the vigil organizers. Now, he said, Cruz doesn’t have to worry about seeking possible follow-up care in Mexico for his colostomy surgery." - Winston-Salem Journal, Mar. 3, 2013.