Pace University, July 19, 2024 "Professor Merton began her legal education career at New York University School of Law, and was a founding faculty member of CUNY Law School, and a Mellon and National...
DHS, July 19, 2024 "Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from September 18...
USCIS, July 18, 2024 "The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides that U.S. citizens may transmit citizenship to their children born outside of the United States in certain circumstances...
Paye v. Garland "The BIA and IJ (collectively, "the agency") did not address whether Paye's escape from Liberia because of systematic ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Krahn people...
We are still waiting for the official Federal Register notice, but on July 17, 2024 the White House issued a Fact Sheet including this statement: "On June 18th, the President announced a new process...
Emami v. Mayorkas
"Drawing all inferences and viewing all evidence in the light most favorable to the government, the Court finds that plaintiffs have met their burden of showing that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact, and that the waiver implementation guidance was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA. Plaintiffs have come forward with numerous waiver criteria -- such as for “undue burden,” “undue hardship,” “national interest,” and “national security,” Dkt. No. 197 at 5-7, 21-22 -- for which the government promulgated unduly narrow and restrictive limitations, and for which no rational explanations can be found in the administrative record, Dkt. No. 98-1. Consequently, summary judgment is granted in plaintiffs’ favor on the APA claims brought under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A)."
[Hats off to Shabnam Lotfi, who writes: "We just got an order in our travel ban waiver suit that was filed 4 years ago. The judge granted our motion for summary judgment and said the government's waiver guidance was arbitrary and capricious. The judge ordered the parties to find a way to reconsider visas denied under the travel ban. It's not clear yet what this process will look like or who it will apply to. Huge shout out to Veronica Sustic for her incredible advocacy on this case. Huge shout out to Muslim Advocates and Perkins Coie who partnered with us on this suit (Emami v. Mayorkas). Huge shout out to NILC, Arnold Porter, IABA, and Advancing Justice - ALC for their hard work on the companion suit (Pars Equality Center v. Blinken)."]