Joan Friedland

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Name: Joan Friedland
Date registered: February 17, 2012

Biography

Joan Friedland, formerly a Managing Attorney at the National Immigration Law Center in Washington, D.C., is a Senior Fellow at the Immigration Policy Center. Joan worked for many years with non-profits and in private practice in New Mexico and Florida, practicing primarily in the areas of civil rights, immigration and criminal law. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and currently lives in New Mexico.

Latest posts

  1. Immigrants without Legal Representation Not Benefitting from Prosecutorial Discretion — May 14, 2012
  2. New Mexico Governor Fails to Repeal State Driver’s License Law Yet Again — February 17, 2012
  3. Policing the Enforcers: Criminalizing Alabama Employees Encourages Discrimination — November 15, 2011
  4. So-Called ‘Smart Enforcement’ Cuts Corners on Immigrants Rights — April 5, 2010
  5. PASS ID Act Not An Immigration Solution — June 23, 2009

Most commented posts

  1. So-Called ‘Smart Enforcement’ Cuts Corners on Immigrants Rights — 5 comments
  2. New Mexico Governor Fails to Repeal State Driver’s License Law Yet Again — 3 comments
  3. Immigrants without Legal Representation Not Benefitting from Prosecutorial Discretion — 3 comments
  4. PASS ID Act Not An Immigration Solution — 1 comment

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May 14

Immigrants without Legal Representation Not Benefitting from Prosecutorial Discretion

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Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Prosecutorial Discretion, Undocumented Immigration

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May 14, 2012

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After ICE Director John Morton issued a memo last June outlining how and when ICE officials should exercise prosecutorial discretion in immigration cases, many were optimistic that the memo’s implementation would relieve backlogs and help the agency focus on higher priority immigration cases. Months later, however, folks are finding that one large group of people …

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Feb 17

New Mexico Governor Fails to Repeal State Driver’s License Law Yet Again

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State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration

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February 17, 2012

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Yesterday, the New Mexico Legislature ended its 2012 session, leaving intact the 2003 state law that allows driver’s licenses to be issued to individuals regardless of immigration status. This marks the third unsuccessful attempt by Republican Governor Susana Martinez to repeal the state’s driver’s license law. HB103, the bill backed by Martinez, passed the House …

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Nov 15

Policing the Enforcers: Criminalizing Alabama Employees Encourages Discrimination

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Alabama, Copy Cat Legislation, Enforcement, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration

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November 15, 2011

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Alabama lawmakers want undocumented immigrants to be so afraid of the consequences of the state’s new anti-immigrant law (HB 56) that they leave the state. However, that’s not the only fear factor built into the law. Under section 6(f), state and local government employees must report violations of HB 56—which includes unlawfully present immigrants even …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/15/policing-the-enforcers-criminalizing-alabama-employees-encourages-discrimination/

Apr 05

So-Called ‘Smart Enforcement’ Cuts Corners on Immigrants Rights

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Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Detention, Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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April 5, 2010

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In a March 29 meeting with immigration advocates that I attended, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief John Morton asked to be judged on ICE’s record, not on rumors. But that’s just why I’m concerned. At a hastily called meeting following the leak of a memo setting quotas for non-criminal removals, Morton repudiated the February …

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Jun 23

PASS ID Act Not An Immigration Solution

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Department of Homeland Security, Election 2008, Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Integration, National Legislation, Police, Reform, Restrictionists, Undocumented Immigration

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June 23, 2009

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Photo by gwen. Introduced by Sen. Akaka (D-HI) last week with 5 co-sponsors, the “Providing for Additional Security in States’ Identification Act” (PASS ID) (S. 1261) would give states a breather from the costs and restrictions imposed by the REAL ID Act, which became law in 2005 without Congressional hearings and as part of must-pass …

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