Tag Archive: department of justice immigration

Dec 03

Using Administrative Tools to Improve Immigration Court

Even as the push for legislative reform to our immigration system begins anew, it’s important that every tool to fix our outdated immigration system be employed, including administrative reform. While rarely discussed, attention must be paid to immigration court reform.  Immigration courts lack many of the hallmarks of due process that Americans have come to expect, …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/03/using-administrative-tools-to-improve-immigration-court/

Nov 01

DOJ’s Lawsuit Against South Carolina Latest Legal Challenge to State Immigration Laws

BY KAREN TUMLIN, MANAGING ATTORNEY, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against South Carolina, challenging the state’s extreme anti-immigration law (SB 20). With this action, the Department of Justice charges that South Carolina, like Arizona and Alabama, have passed unconstitutional immigration laws. Civil rights groups (including the National …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/01/doj%e2%80%99s-lawsuit-against-south-carolina-latest-challenge-to-state-immigration-laws/