Round Table, Mar. 25, 2024 "As former Immigration Judges and BIA Board Members we strongly protest the unconstitutional prior restraint imposed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) which effectively silences the officers of the National...
Hon. Dana Leigh Marks, Mar. 12, 2024 How Low Will They Go? - An Outraged Retired IJ Speaks (Because She Can) "Earlier this month, bucking over 50 years of precedent, immigration court management advised the officers of National Association of Immigration...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Aug. 15, 2023 "Former President Trump was indicted on August 1, 2023 by Special Counsel Jack Smith for his efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. Although Trump believes his actions were protected by the First Amendment,...
U.S. v. Hansen (6-2) - 25 F. 4th 1103, reversed and remanded. BARRETT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, ALITO, KAGAN, GORSUCH, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion. JACKSON, J., filed a dissenting...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Mar. 14, 2023 "Our previous blog discussed United States v. Helaman Hansen , a case in which the Supreme Court granted certiorari on December 9, 2022. Oral argument in the case is set for March 27, 2023. Hansen questions...
Dousa v. DHS "In late 2018, Pastor Dousa, through New Sanctuary, was involved in organizing a ‘Sanctuary Caravan’ of faith leaders, congregants, and humanitarian workers to Tijuana to provide pastoral services and support to migrants in the Migrant Caravan...
Alyssa Aquino, Law360, June 8, 2022 "The Fourth Circuit has revived a challenge by federal immigration judges to a Trump-era policy barring them from speaking up about the immigration courts, after a labor official formally dissolved their union. A three...
Knight First Amendment Institute, July 1, 2020 "The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) challenging a government policy that imposes an unconstitutional...
Melissa del Bosque, The Intercept, Oct. 23, 2018 - "The National Border Patrol Council, the union representing Border Patrol agents across the country, is featured in a new video that includes white nationalists and anti-Muslim extremists. The video, titled...
NIPNLG, Oct. 24, 2018 - "NWDC Resistance, Detention Watch Network, and the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, October 23rd asking the federal court in the Western District of Washington to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
"This case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was tried to the court on September 24-28, 2012. The parties consented to the jurisdiction of this magistrate judge for all purposes, including final judgment (Dkt. 18). At issue is League City's alleged policy...
"Not that there was much drama involved, but the White House responded to a petition asking it deport CNN host Piers Morgan over his views on gun control and said Morgan can stay. In a statement explaining the decision, White House spokesman Jay Carney...
U.S. v. Hansen "Judges McKeown and Gould have voted to deny Appellee’s petition for rehearing en banc. Judge Restani recommends denying the petition for rehearing en banc. The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc. An active judge...
US v. Hernandez-Calvillo "This appeal involves the constitutionality of a federal immigration statute that makes it a crime to encourage or induce a noncitizen to reside in the United States, knowing or recklessly disregarding that such residence violates...
Erika Williams, CNS, Jan. 25, 2022 "A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over a Trump-era rule that immigration judges say continues to violate their freedom to speak out about government policies on their own time. Immigration...