U.S. v. Texas (8-1) - 606 F. Supp. 3d 437, reversed. KAVANAUGH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, and JACKSON, JJ., joined. GORSUCH, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which THOMAS and BARRETT...
Joe Penney, NYRDaily, Sept. 8, 2020 "Over the last couple of years, Louisiana has become a national hub of immigrant detention , with eleven facilities that hold more than 15 percent of the total population in ICE custody. Normally, an average stay for...
As yet unfinished, but here are some verses: - ICE says no deportation Monday - The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate, Nov. 25, 2019 - OSHA looking into arrest of worker in hotel collapse - Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press, Nov. 25, 2019 - How a...
Associated Press, Mar. 23, 2017 - "A year ago, a state law blocked a U.S. citizen born in an Indonesian refugee camp from getting married in Louisiana. A court victory Wednesday means the man and his fiancee are free to make wedding plans. Viet Anh Vo and...
NILC, Oct. 18, 2016 - "A Louisiana man is challenging an unconstitutional state law that denies some immigrants in the state the fundamental right to a legal marriage. Viet “Victor” Anh Vo filed the lawsuit Vo v. Gee, et al. in the U.S. District Court...
Catherine Rampell, Oct. 10, 2016 - "For an illustration of how cruel the country’s latest wave of nativism has grown, look to Louisiana. Here, a little-noticed new state law has effectively made it illegal for thousands of refugees to get married. It...
"A single scan of his finger landed Gomez in a federal detention center, and he’s now awaiting word on whether he’ll be deported. But his encounter inside the vehicle would otherwise leave no traces -- no record of his arrest, or of why officers stopped him...
"A task force of federal, state and local law enforcement Thursday began arresting 32 defendants charged with racketeering and immigration violations throughout Texas and Louisiana. ... According to court documents [ indictment 1 | indictment 2 ], two employment...
"A report released today by the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice (NOWCRJ) revealed an Obama Administration pilot program of race-based community immigration raids that is devastating New Orleans—and warned that it may become the “new normal...
"After a year of traveling, Dutch writer Niels Gerson Lohman wanted to visit New Orleans, the city that his father – who died a year ago – had a great love for. The U.S. customs officials thought different." - Niels Gerson Lohman, October 9, 2013 .
"The Orleans Parish sheriff will no longer honor many requests from the federal immigration authorities to detain people who are suspected of being here illegally, making New Orleans one of a growing number of jurisdictions to adopt such a policy and the first...
Fact sheets for Texas , Arizona , California and Louisiana , by Human Rights First.
Arguing that counting unauthorized migrants and temporary visa holders in the 2010 census resulted in Louisiana losing a congressional seat, Attorney General James D. "Buddy" Caldwell filed an original action in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 14, 2011...
Here is a link to the lawsuit filed by Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri in the federal District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Hats off to my associate, Samantha Hechtman , who writes: "Respondent is a native and citizen of Antigua Barbuda. He entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident on January 30, 1988. Respondent was detained by ICE on November 14, 2016 after a...