Tom K. Wong, USIPC, Apr. 22, 2020 "The myth that immigration brings disease is a centuries-old trope used to heighten anti-immigrant fears and anxieties. To be clear, the myth of immigration and disease is not supported by the academic literature. A recent...
Peter Margulies, Apr. 23, 2020 "On April 22, President Trump signed a proclamation suspending issuance of certain immigrant visas. The suspension, which will last for 60 days and may be renewed thereafter, includes many exceptions that will limit its impact...
Anil Kalhan, Apr. 23, 2020 "If you feel like you saw a version of this movie in 2017, you're not imagining things. ... "
" Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert at Cornell University , said the exemptions would make the order more legally defensible, but that the logic behind the policy was still flawed. “First, if the purpose of the proclamation is to protect...
Dianne Solís and María Méndez, Dallas Morning News, Apr 16, 2020 "Christina Segundo is angry. She’s a U.S. citizen, raising four children in Fort Worth with her husband. Friends around her are receiving $1,200 or more under the government’s colossal stimulus...
Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun, Apr. 14, 2020 "When Gov. Jared Polis ordered the state’s ski areas to close on March 14, he also launched Ana Panessi into a frantic race to get home. It was a race she did not win. “So many people, they were able to run...
AILA, American Immigration Council, RMIAN, Apr. 13, 2020 "As your administration works to address the crisis created by the coronavirus in Colorado, we write to urge you to take any and all steps possible to compel an orderly but significant reduction in...
Stuart Anderson, Forbes, Apr. 6, 2020 "In New York and elsewhere across America, physicians and nurses are overwhelmed with patients suffering from COVID-19. “Nurses Die, Doctors Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines,” read a recent headline in the ...
STEPHEN YALE-LOEHR and JACLYN KELLEY-WIDMER, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, MAR 31, 2020 "Imagine you’re an immigration lawyer. You have a case scheduled for trial in immigration court, but you’re got a cough, a sore throat and shortness of breath. In normal times...
NIPNLG, Mar. 30, 2020 " Contact: Sirine Shebaya , sshebaya@nipnlg.org, 202-656-4788 Maria Frausto , mfrausto@immcouncil.org, 202-507-7526 George Tzamaras , GTzamaras@aila.org, 202-507-7649 Washington, DC – In a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District...
Mar. 27, 2020 letter re Wolf, et al., v. Batalla Vidal, et al., No. 18-589 "Healthcare providers on the frontlines of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 rely significantly upon DACA recipients to perform essential work. Approximately 27,000 DACA recipients...
Mar. 26, 2020 The co-authors of LexisNexis' 21-volume Treatise, Immigration Law & Procedure , Stephen Yale-Loehr and Ron Wada , have compiled this page listing federal immigration agencies and their coronavirus resources.
COVID-19 Crisis: How International & Immigrant Populations in Higher Education are Impacted, What Campus Leaders Need to Know "This briefing will feature immigration, legal, and policy experts who will address the legal/regulatory issues impacting...
Mar. 26, 2020 letter "Submitted via email RE: THE DOJ MUST IMMEDIATELY CLOSE ALL IMMIGRATION COURTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Dear Attorney General Barr and Director McHenry, Following previous calls by the National Association of Immigration Judges...
Read this letter dated Mar. 23, 2020 from the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys to EOIR administrators in New York City.