Feb 20
The Department of Homeland Security has issued its latest data on the Obama Administration’s initiative that offers deferment from deportation and temporary work permits to young undocumented immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. In the first six months of the program (August 15–February 14), 423,634 out of the roughly 936,933 immigrants …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/20/reaching-the-six-month-mark-on-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca/
Jan 07
Shortly after the administration began accepting applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Kris Kobach—the author of Arizona SB 1070 and other notorious state immigration laws—filed a lawsuit on behalf of ten disgruntled immigration agents seeking to halt the program in its tracks. The lawsuit has largely been viewed as a politically …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/07/immigration-expert-exposes-legal-flaws-in-anti-daca-lawsuit/
Jan 03
On the Friday before Christmas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released new guidance on immigration “detainers,” the lynchpin of agency enforcement programs involving cooperation with local police. In the new guidance, ICE Director John Morton instructed agency employees to only file detainers against immigrants who represent agency “priorities.” Unfortunately, as with prior agency memos …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/03/new-ice-detainer-guidance-too-little-too-late/
Dec 19
Prosecutorial discretion is the authority of a law enforcement agency or officer to decide whether and to what degree to enforce the law in particular cases. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative continues to be a successful example of prosecutorial discretion in the immigration context. However the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) often …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/19/federal-judges-remind-government-to-consider-prosecutorial-discretion/
Dec 14
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the latest numbers on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. The numbers provided by the agency reflect activity between August 15, 2012 – December 13, 2012. Entering its fifth month, the numbers are encouraging. Of the nearly 1.8 million who are potentially eligible, nearly …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/14/latest-daca-approval-numbers-released-by-uscis/
Nov 29
Less than six months after it received a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court, Arizona today was hit with another major lawsuit over its punitive immigration policies—this time challenging its practice of denying driver’s licenses to beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Filed in federal court in Phoenix, the class-action suit …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/29/arizona-faces-lawsuit-over-daca-drivers-license-policy/
Nov 16
Earlier this afternoon, the Obama administration released updated statistics indicating that 53,273 undocumented youths have been granted relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As of November 15, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received more than 300,000 requests for deferred action, with most applicants still awaiting the completion of background …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/16/breaking-daca-approvals-surpass-50000/
Oct 31
Approximately two months after the program opened, nearly 200,000 individuals have submitted requests for grants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) imitative. It’s still too early to assess the overall success of the program or evaluate the grant rates, but it isn’t too early to take note of the important role that …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/31/could-daca-have-happened-without-public-engagement-at-uscis/
Oct 16
For the first time since immigration authorities officially launched Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in mid-August, the federal government released statistics last Friday indicating that thousands of requests have been officially granted. But while the figures themselves are an encouraging sign, other evidence suggests that most applicants will not have their requests considered until after …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/16/pace-of-daca-approvals-quickens-but-will-it-be-fast-enough/
Sep 26
As a high-ranking Justice Department attorney after 9/11, John Yoo authored an infamous legal memo arguing that the President, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, possessed irrevocable authority to order the torture of alleged “enemy combatants.” Although the memos were subsequently revoked, Yoo has remained an ardent defender of presidential power—except, it appears, when it …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/26/author-of-torture-memos-challenges-legality-of-daca/
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