Identical DHS and DOS media notes are here and here . Media coverage here , here , here , here , here and here . The intent is to curtail irregular migration through the Darién Gap . [I have...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, July 1, 2024 "The conservative majority Supreme Court recently issued two decisions that will have a major impact on the administrative state by transferring power...
CISOMB, June 2024 "I am pleased to present the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman’s (CIS Ombudsman) 2024 Annual Report to Congress. This Report, submitted annually...
Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, June 28, 2024 "Chevron deference has given the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies broad latitude. For example, under Chevron , decisions made by...
Prof. Nancy Morawetz said this on today's ImmigrationProf Blog : "In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’ decision in Loper Bright , you might think that everyone would agree that courts...
"Maricopa County will pay $675,000 to settle a lawsuit over a controversial policy of prosecuting [unauthorized] immigrants for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the country. The practice was instituted by Andrew Thomas when he was county attorney and was found to be unconstitutional last year. But current County Attorney Bill Montgomery determined that there was little likelihood the county would prevail in appeals court. The Board of Supervisors took his advice and settled the case Wednesday, stopping the practice and putting an end to the legal battles. 'This brings to an end Maricopa County's deportation machine,' said Peter Schey of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of the advocacy group, Somos America/We Are America. 'This Maricopa County policy coerced thousands of immigrants into pleading guilty to criminal offenses that precluded them from legalizing their status as residents of the United States in the future,' Schey said." - Arizona Republic, July 30, 2014.