Mar 28
Since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in 2003, its immigration-enforcement agencies—Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—have been officially devoted to the protection of U.S. national security and the prevention of terrorist attacks. However, the bulk of the work done by CBP and ICE on a day-to-day basis …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/28/u-s-border-enforcement-programs-target-immigrants-who-arent-a-threat-to-anyone/
Mar 25
Every day, out of more than 30,000 detainees, roughly 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the nation’s 50 largest detention centers overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, according to federal data. Solitary confinement is one of most expensive forms of detention, the New York Times reports, and nearly half of immigrant …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/25/hundreds-of-detained-immigrants-held-in-solitary-confinement/
Mar 22
This week, Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware presided over a public hearing to discuss what so many of us know: the immigration courts are failing to provide a fair, efficient, and effective system of justice. Many of the concerns raised by Senator Coons, as well as some of the witnesses, during Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/22/hearing-and-report-highlight-lack-of-due-process-in-immigration-system/
Mar 15
Along with every other government agency, on March 1, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had to begin making mandatory cuts to their budget as a result of sequestration. ICE’s choice to shift some of its detainees from expensive detention facilities to non-detention alternatives was questioned yesterday by Members of Congress, but more importantly …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/15/budget-cuts-led-ice-to-release-immigrants-from-detention/
Mar 08
While the recent debate over reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act may have reminded the nation that there are “women’s issues” in immigration law, it doesn’t necessarily follow that most people regard immigration reform as a woman’s issue. Despite the fact that immigrant women make up a growing …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/08/recognizing-immigrant-womens-needs-in-immigration-reform/
Feb 28
As anyone who has watched an episode of Law and Order knows, police officers must give certain warnings to anyone placed under arrest, including that they have the right to an attorney and that the statements they make can be used against them in court. In the 1968 decision Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/28/immigrants-deserve-basic-miranda-like-warnings-when-arrested/
Feb 26
The U.S.’s immigration system, already burdened by application processing backlogs and insufficient funding for immigration courts, could become even more unwieldy if the government must slash its budget on March 1. Sequestration – a package of across-the-board government spending cuts totaling $85 billion this year and $1.2 trillion over the next decade – likely will …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/26/sequestration/
Feb 22
Almost three years ago, in the landmark decision Padilla v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court acknowledged the severity of deportation and that our current immigration laws make “removal nearly an automatic result” for many noncitizens convicted of crimes. Consequently, the Court held that a criminal defense attorney must advise noncitizen clients about the risks of deportation …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/22/scotus-narrows-protections-for-noncitizens-who-received-poor-legal-advice/
Feb 15
The Obama Administration is on record for pursuing the toughest immigration enforcement policies in U.S. history, mostly evidenced by its record numbers of deportations. These numbers speak volumes: last year, nearly 400,000 people were deported from the United States. While these numbers are shockingly high and there has been much discussion about how these actions …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/15/shoddy-court-process-behind-the-record-number-of-deportations/
Feb 13
A sticking point in current and past immigration reform proposals has been the misguided belief that a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants cannot proceed until the border is “secure.” The immigration framework developed by the Senate “Group of 8” introduces that same sticky framework by proposing to create certain border-security benchmarks that must be met …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/13/true-border-security-and-legalization-go-hand-in-hand/
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