…administrative measures that severely limit the asylum process to migrants seeking humanitarian protection at the border. He also pushed for a bipartisan bill in Congress that would have, among other…
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…Harbors Act. One day later, in response to an emergency appeal from Texas, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in and issued a temporary administrative stay. That stay was…
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…rise in immigration offenders whose activities were previously considered administrative offenses. Criminal prosecutions for illegal entry increased from 3,900 cases to 43,700 between Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 and FY 2010….
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…the administrative and fiscal burdens of state governments. The Majority Staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found that six of nine states surveyed in 2009 “reported…
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…Department of Homeland Security’s DACA announcement unconstitutional. The states argue that it is unconstitutional on a variety of grounds, as well as in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA)….
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…on average at the end of FY 2014—far more than federal judges (566 cases/year in 2011) or Social Security administrative law judges (544 hearings/year in 2007). Some judges reportedly have…
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…employees detailed to asylum screening, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday that 1,500 active-duty military personnel will be sent to the border to assist with administrative tasks like data entry…
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…State Jim Steinberg and U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden, headed to the White House to announce an administrative plan to tackle border violence, weapons and drug cartels, which includes…
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…would also be eligible. Over the course of less than three months, the district court issued several “administrative stays” of the program, ensuring that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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…cases per year (of which only 178 involve hearings) and Social Security Administration administrative law judges decide about 544 cases per year.) Given the overwhelming case load and the lack…
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