The H-2B cap for Fiscal Year 2017 (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017) was reached on March 13, 2017 (in less than six months). From January 1-7, 2017, the…
25 May
Although people in immigration detention face similar deprivations of liberty as criminal detainees, there is a key difference regarding how their cases are treated in court. While criminal detainees have…
26 Apr
In the aftermath of Donald Trumpās executive orders regarding increased immigration enforcement, there is widespread mistrust of law enforcementĀ in the Latino community. For example, Latinos in Los Angeles, Newark,…
23 Mar
On January 25, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled āEnhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.ā On February 17, 2017, DHS secretary John Kelly issued…
27 Feb
In one of his first actions as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced an executive order that freezes the hiring of new federal employees (with an exemption for…
25 Jan
Last month, Donald Trump was elected to be the next president of the United States. I wrote in this blog that it is very likely that Mr. Trump will end…
20 Dec
During the campaign, Mr. Trump has said some very worrisome things about what he intends to do to immigrants. But he has also said a variety of totally inconsistent and…
11 Nov
After the Attorney Generalās 2015 decision (āSilva-Trevino 2ā), that vacated the 2008 precedent decision in Matter of Silva-Trevino (āSilva-Trevino 1ā), the Board of Immigration Appeals (āBIAā) just developed an important…
25 Oct
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