Category: Judicial & Courts
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This article , by Politico, describes how the DoJ has violated dozens of federal court orders in New Jersey and throughout the country.
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This article explains that Colorado and 19 other states are required to turn some Medicaid patient data over to federal authorities. The states involved with this suit are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
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This explainer (by AfghanEvac.org) describes the newly issued interim final rule about the Board of Immigration Appeals for immigration courts which would fundamentally change the way appeals are handled.
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Politico reports in this article that around 98 of the 700 immigration judges have retired, quit or been terminated. Immigration judges report to the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in the Executive branch. The Attorney General can overturn cases decided by immigration judges.
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An interview with the Brennan Center’s Margy O’Herron describes troubling issues with the current immigration system including the firing of 14% of the career immigration judges, the increased price to appeal an immigration case, SCOTUS allowing profiling, lack of due process and diverting cases to expedited removals.
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During his keynote address at a recent gala to raise money for Immigration Law and Justice of New York, Austin Kocher (a professor at Syracuse University) cites these 7 key statistics which tell the story of US immigration currently:
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In this article and 28-minute video, the Border Report (reporters Rudy Mireles and Sandra Sanchez) from Harlingen, Texas provides a quick explainer of some immigration basics: Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Title 8 (US Immigration Law), ICE, family separations, immigration courts, and a former immigration judge talking about reviewing the cases of unaccompanied minors.…
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The American Immigration Council posted a summary of a new BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) decision which requires people who crossed the border unlawfuly to be subject to mandatory detention and ineligible or bond release. Read their explanation here.
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A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. Listen to This American Life, with Ira Glass (art by Jane Rosenberg)
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The CATO Institute reports that data from ICE/DHS shows that one in five ICE arrests are Latinos on the street with no criminal past and no removal order. This means, according to the article, that these people have likely been profiled and randomly picked up instead of their arrests being the result of careful research…
Immigration Insight 