My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
Allissa Wickham, Law360, May 19, 2016 - "In a 5-3 ruling that displayed some unusual alliances — with Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer joining a dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor — the Supreme Court ruled against George Luna, a Dominican immigrant who has been a green card holder for more than 30 years. ... Essentially, the Supreme Court’s wider interpretation of the term blocks more people from seeking relief, according to Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor with Cornell University Law School. “The ruling makes it harder for immigrants to seek deportation relief,” Yale-Loehr told Law360 in an email, adding that the “majority read the aggravated felony provisions more broadly than previous Supreme Court decisions. By broadening the interpretation of ‘aggravated felony,’ fewer people can now even apply for those kinds of relief.” ... The case is Luna Torres v. Lynch, case number 14-1096, in the U.S. Supreme Court. "