January 29, 2019|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
The Trump administration has come up with yet another way to attempt to limit the ability of asylum-seekers to safely enter the U.S. and request asylum. The Department of Homeland Security has said that starting as early as January 25, 2019, U.S. immigration officials will begin forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their […]
January 28, 2019|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Last week in Jean Louis v. Attorney General, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reopen an immigration case. Mr. Jean Louis had been told by an “immigration expert” who Mr. Jean Louis believed as an attorney that he did not have to go to his asylum hearing because he was going to apply […]
January 28, 2019|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
President Donald Trump’s expectations that the Supreme Court would hand him a win in talks over the government shutdown have been dashed. On Tuesday, January 22, the Justices took no action Tuesday on a case before them concerning the legality of the administration’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The inaction effectively […]
January 15, 2019|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
According to reporting from The Denver Channel, Colorado District Court Judge Eric Bentley recently ruled that the El Paso County sheriff violated state law by holding people who were suspected to be in the country illegally. Immigrants were being held for ICE even after their Colorado case had already been fully resolved. Judge Bentley determined […]
December 30, 2018|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
What is the government shutdown? As of midnight Friday, December 21, 2018, the U.S. federal government shut down due to a lapse in funding, fueled in large part by Trump’s demand for an expensive, environmentally damaging border wall between the United States and Mexico. What does this mean? The shutdown means that a number of […]
December 21, 2018|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Before the midterm elections, President Trump spoke continuously on the group of migrants coming from Central America toward the U.S.-Mexico border. On November 8 the Trump administration issued a proclamation stating that individuals who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without inspection at an area other than a designated port of entry would no longer be eligible […]
December 21, 2018|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
For most of the week, it appeared that Congress would pass a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Then, on December 20, the President informed House leadership that he would not sign a funding bill without $5 billion for a wall. Because it appears unlikely that any such bill will pass the Senate, we […]
December 20, 2018|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On December 19, 2018, a federal court in Washington, D.C. struck down Trump administration policies that sought to eviscerate asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality. The American Civil Liberties Union and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies challenged the administration’s new “expedited removal” policies when they were put forth by then-Attorney General Jeff […]
November 29, 2018|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On October 1, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began implementing its June 28th policy memo updating the guidance for the referral of cases and issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs). The full 11-page memo is available here. An NTA is the “charging document” that initiates removal proceedings and notifies a person that they […]
November 20, 2018|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Before the midterm elections, President Trump spoke continuously on the group of migrants coming from Central America toward the U.S.-Mexico border. And while it may have seemed Trump had dropped after November 6, his attacks on individuals seeking asylum only disappeared from his Twitter account. On November 8 the Trump administration issued a proclamation stating […]
