New Lawsuit Challenges Preliminary Injunction in United States v. Texas
…DAPA would not be harmed by the issuance of three-year EADs to New York residents and thus lacked a sufficient stake in the case to seek or obtain a nationwide…
Read MorePosted by Melissa Crow | Aug 29, 2016 | DACA/DAPA, Employment Authorization, Executive Action, Federal Courts/Jurisdiction
…DAPA would not be harmed by the issuance of three-year EADs to New York residents and thus lacked a sufficient stake in the case to seek or obtain a nationwide…
Read MorePosted by Seth Hoy | Dec 17, 2010 | Legislation, Reform
…turning to a vote on DREAM itself. If the Senate passes the same version of the bill (H.R. 6497) that passed in the House last week, the bill could go…
Read MorePosted by Melissa Cruz | Feb 5, 2018 | Abuses, Asylum, Detention, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection
…manipulative tactics to harm immigrants’ cases for asylum, and trauma from being separated from children. When women were able to obtain counsel, the anxiety from detention itself often prevented them…
Read MorePosted by Emily Creighton | Aug 25, 2020 | Due Process & the Courts, Reform
…immigration proceedings to reduce the overall number of people who ultimately obtain relief from removal. The “efficiency” measures proposed by the rule are particularly troubling. The rule limits the timeframes…
Read MorePosted by Ben Winograd | Jun 15, 2012 | Enforcement, Uncategorized
…or earned a GED, or served in the military. Although not granted lawful immigration status, recipients will be able to obtain work permits under existing regulations. Today’s memo, issued by…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jan 20, 2022 | Due Process & the Courts, Immigration Courts
…to have obtained lawyers. 46% of people with cases pending longer than six months secured a lawyer. This is to be expected, as many people take months to obtain a…
Read MorePosted by Joshua Breisblatt | Oct 28, 2016 | Detention
…were twice as likely as unrepresented immigrants to obtain immigration relief (49 percent with counsel versus 23 percent without). Detention can also have profound effects on the well-being of LGBT…
Read MorePosted by Jorge Loweree | Mar 27, 2020 | Immigration 101, Legislation, Reform
…regularly file their taxes and contribute to the tax base. Many Immigrants Are Excluded from Testing and Treatment Options The CARES Act includes significant increases in funding for COVID-19 testing…
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Dec 3, 2008 | Immigration 101
…the intellectual barrel in terms of relying upon anecdote rather than evidence to derisively claim that “if small-time con artists and Third-World gold-diggers can obtain green cards with so little…
Read MorePosted by Beth Werlin | Sep 11, 2009 | Detention, Immigration Courts
…judges issue removal orders against individuals with varying degrees of mental disabilities, including individuals who are not even competent to understand the charges against them. Yet the current immigration court…
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