Ben Winograd
Author's details
Name: Ben Winograd
Date registered: November 2, 2010
URL: http://immigrationimpact.com/author/ben-winograd/
Biography
Ben Winograd is a Staff Attorney at the American Immigration Council. He focuses on legal issues related to the enforcement of immigration law, including the rights of respondents in removal proceedings and federal collaboration with state and local governments. He received his J.D. cum laude from Georgetown Law in 2010. He worked as a reporter before and during law school, and has written for the Associated Press, SCOTUSblog, and The Wall Street Journal. He also worked as a freelance journalist in Arizona covering border and immigration issues. He is admitted to practice law in California; his practice is limited to cases in federal courts and before the immigration agencies.
Latest posts
- At Supreme Court, Arizona Gets Help from the Usual Suspects — February 16, 2012
- In Fight Over SB 1070, Arizona Makes an All-Too-Familiar Case to the Supreme Court — February 7, 2012
- Holding the Obama Administration to Its Word on Prosecutorial Discretion — January 20, 2012
- Supreme Court to Weigh in on Injunctions Against Arizona SB 1070 — December 12, 2011
- Report Reveals Disturbing Truths Behind Border Patrol Transportation Raids — November 16, 2011
Most commented posts
- Despite Limits, How Padilla v. Kentucky Will Endure — 7 comments
- Report Reveals Disturbing Truths Behind Border Patrol Transportation Raids — 2 comments
- Win, Lose or….Draw? The Supreme Court Tackles Arizona’s Employer Sanctions Law — 1 comment
- Four Cheers for the Ninth Circuit’s Ruling on SB 1070 — 1 comment
- Immigration Restrictionists Take SB 1070 to Supreme Court — 1 comment
Author's posts listings
Following the filing last week of Arizona’s brief defending SB 1070, the Supreme Court has received a barrage of briefs supporting the notorious immigration law from a none-too-surprising array of suspects. As might be expected, the arguments range from the predictable (that the Obama Administration fails to enforce the immigration laws) to the provocative (that …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/16/at-supreme-court-arizona-gets-help-from-the-usual-suspects/
The Supreme Court case involving Arizona SB 1070 has officially entered the home stretch. On Friday, the Justices announced that oral arguments will take place on the fourth Wednesday in April, making it the final case to be heard this term. Yesterday, Arizona filed its much-anticipated brief at the Supreme Court, laying out its legal …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/07/in-fight-over-sb-1070-arizona-makes-an-all-too-familiar-case-to-the-supreme-court/
Signs that ICE is invested in the “Morton Memo” and subsequent guidance on prosecutorial discretion are beginning to show up at both ends of the legal spectrum. At one end, the New York Times reported yesterday that approximately one in six cases reviewed in a pilot program at the Denver immigration court may be indefinitely …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/20/holding-the-obama-administration-to-its-word-on-prosecutorial-discretion/
Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced what many supporters and opponents of Arizona SB 1070 long expected: that the Justices will themselves have the final word on the validity of the injunctions entered shortly after the law was enacted last year. Technically, the question before the Justices is simply whether four of the law’s provisions …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/12/supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-injunctions-against-arizona-sb-1070/
When news broke last month that the Border Patrol would scale back raids on trains and buses near the northern border, the response from Capitol Hill was rather predictable. In a breathless letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) fretted that the policy will “entice potential terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/16/report-reveals-disturbing-truths-behind-border-patrol-transportation-raids/
Yesterday’s initial rulings from Judge Sharon Blackburn over Alabama’s new anti-immigrant legislation are disturbing and disappointing on many fronts. Absent a reversal of her decision based on an emergency appeal, many provisions of the law that mirror those struck down in every other jurisdiction will go into effect. If so, everyone in Alabama will pay …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/29/what-you-should-know-about-initial-rulings-on-alabama%e2%80%99s-immigration-law/
Last week, a task force created to study DHS’ controversial “Secure Communities” initiative issued a report listing a series of recommendations to improve the program. Among other proposals, the task force recommended that federal authorities standardize the use of prosecutorial discretion around the country, make the program more transparent, and decline to initiate deportation proceedings …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/23/next-stop-napolitano-dhs-committee-approves-task-force-recommendations-on-secure-communities/
As any Law & Order enthusiast knows, when a criminal suspect is placed under arrest, no interrogation can begin until police recite the famous “Miranda” warnings required by the Supreme Court: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you. You have a right to have an attorney present. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/16/nation%e2%80%99s-highest-immigration-court-says-government-can-ask-questions-first-explain-right-to-silence-later/
More than a year after SB 1070 was initially enjoined in federal court, the immigration restrictionists behind Arizona’s misguided immigration law have brought their case to the Supreme Court. Proponents of SB 1070 are likely to hail the state’s petition, filed yesterday, as not only the first step toward reversing the injunction against the law’s …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/11/immigration-restrictionists-take-sb-1070-to-supreme-court/
As readers of this blog know, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) often issues studies that make us cringe. Earlier this week, however, the DC-based restrictionist organization issued a report that made us laugh. Pseudonymously written by a retired government employee, the report purports to explain the “basics” of the deportation process. At more than …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/22/report-reveals-basic-misunderstanding-of-deportation-process/
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