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...
Doe v. Trump
"This is a class action based upon Defendants’ unconstitutional deprivation of the rights, privileges, benefits and/or protections, provided to United States Citizens, via the enactment and subsequent enforcement of the S. 3548-Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (hereinafter “CARES Act”), both enactment and enforcement of which evidence the discriminatory purpose and intent of said Act. ... Any family that files a joint tax return where one of the spouses has a Social Security number and one has an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, which the Internal Revenue Service issues to workers who lack Social Security numbers, cannot receive a Stimulus Check — unless one spouse is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. ... Plaintiff is a U.S. citizen who earns less than $75,000.00 in adjusted gross income, whose children are also U.S. citizens, and is excluded from the government’s $2 trillion coronavirus financial relief package because he files his taxes jointly with his spouse, an immigrant who does not have a Social Security number."