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...
Navarro Hernandez v. CBP, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14290, Feb. 7, 2012: "Plaintiff filed a FOIA request with CBP, seeking information related to the agency's immigration enforcement actions in the city of New Orleans generally, and specifically with respect to the January 12, 2010 incident during which he was arrested. Plaintiff sought to establish an ongoing pattern of unlawful surveillance and suspicionless raids of immigrant construction workers on day laborer corners in New Orleans. ... Plaintiff Joaquin Navarro Hernandez has demonstrated that he has both "substantially prevailed" in this litigation and that he is entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, as required under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). ... ORDERED that Defendant United States Customs and Border Protection Agency shall remit payment to Plaintiff in the amount of $51,526.60, representing $48,909.00 for attorneys' fees and $2,617.60 for litigation costs." [Hats off to Jennifer Jean Rosenbaum, LEAD ATTORNEY, New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, New Orleans, LA and Jessica Karp, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles, CA!]