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Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez and Roxsana Hernandez were killed by U.S. immigration authorities last month
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez and Roxsana Hernandez were killed by U.S. immigration authorities last month
On May 4, 1970, U.S. National Guardsmen shot and killed four people protesting the Vietnam War.  The massacre, known as the Kent State shootings, topped a tumultuous decade that spurred a lot of violence against...
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Walls, DACA and Raids: What has happened in immigration since Trump’s inauguration?
Walls, DACA and Raids: What has happened in immigration since Trump’s inauguration?
Back in November, we made some predictions about what might occur in a Trump presidency as it relates to immigration.  Generally, we were very pessimistic and presumed that almost all areas of immigration would become...
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How Immigrants Can Prepare for the Trump Administration
How Immigrants Can Prepare for the Trump Administration
Last week, we discussed what might happen early on in a Trump presidency.  It was not our goal to sound alarmist, but early indications are that Trump is not backing down on his awful immigration...
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What to Expect from Trump on Immigration on Day One
What to Expect from Trump on Immigration on Day One
The shock over the results of Tuesday’s election of Donald Trump has not yet worn off.  After two days of triage in hearing from scared clients and friends, we are now forced to confront what...
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Client of the Month for September 2015- Aura Carrera
Client of the Month for September 2015- Aura Carrera
For September 2015, we are proud to present Aura Carrera of Heber City, Utah as our client of the month.  Her green card arrived last month and she is heading home to Guatemala for the...
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Cheer Caitlyn, But Learn About Nicoll and Marichuy
Cheer Caitlyn, But Learn About Nicoll and Marichuy
Much of the world rejoiced yesterday upon seeing the photos of Caitlyn Jenner's exquisite transformation on the cover of the June issue of Vanity Fair.  Much of the commentary I saw focused not so much...
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The Return (it never really left) of Enforcement on Steroids at ICE
The Return (it never really left) of Enforcement on Steroids at ICE
  [caption id="attachment_2282" align="aligncenter" width="528"] ICE Director Sarah Saldaña[/caption] In December, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sarah Saldaña to be the first Hispanic woman to lead Immigration & Customs Enforcement.   It was an exciting moment in...
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Benach Collopy Submits Brief in Mandatory Detention Case
Benach Collopy Submits Brief in Mandatory Detention Case
Earlier this month, Benach Collopy authored a brief on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association in the case of Michael Sylvain v. Attorney General before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. ...
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Hey FAU!  Drop GEO!
Hey FAU! Drop GEO!
Yesterday, after receiving a gift of $6 million, Florida Atlantic University announced that it was renaming its stadium "The Geo Group Stadium," after the for-profit prison company, best known for operating detention facilities on behalf...
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The Whine of the ICE Bureaucrats
The Whine of the ICE Bureaucrats
It has been a tough week for the ICE bureaucrats who have sought to undermine the political leadership of this country to pursue their own restrictivist and nativist agenda.  Regular readers of this blog (my...
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Does President Obama want to drop the one year asylum rule?
Does President Obama want to drop the one year asylum rule?
  There is a single line in the President's immigration proposal that has escaped a lot of attention.  As the idiotic "back of the line" concept and the path to citizenship dominate the headlines, the...
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What do Dostoyevsky and Sam from Zambia have in common?
What do Dostoyevsky and Sam from Zambia have in common?
On December 23, 1849, Fyodor Dostoevsky, who went on to become Russia's greatest novelist, and several other members of the so-called Petrachevsky Circle were taken out into the courtyard of the Semonyonov Prison in St....
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The Provisional Waiver and Removal Proceedings
The Provisional Waiver and Removal Proceedings
  Over the last few weeks we have answered dozens of questions about the provisional waiver.  One group of questions keeps appearing- questions about how people in removal proceedings or with a removal order can...
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Someone(s) at ICE Needs to Be Fired
Someone(s) at ICE Needs to Be Fired
Those of us on the East Coast woke up this morning to the news that Maria Arreola and her son Heriberto Arreola were arrested in their home Thursday night by Immigration & Customs enforcement in...
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