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ImmigrationProf Blog
EOIR Rolls Out “Dedicated Dockets” For Families Seeking Asylum
On May 28, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice announced a new "Dedicated Docket" process for families arriving at the border who are released from…
The Right Coast
SCOTUS halts reinstatement of Remain in Mexico policy HotAir
Well, that certainly didn t take long at all. Just yesterday, Karen reported on the federal appeals court judge in Texas who ruled that the Biden administration must reinstate the…
Religion Clause
Expedited Asylum Procedures Proposed By DOJ and DHS
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice announced yesterday that they are publishing a 140-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (full text) to expedite handling of asylum…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
“The Process By Which Removability Will Be Determined”: How the Recent District Court Decision Ordering the Reinstatement of MPP Contradicts Itself
On Friday, August 13, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an Opinion and Order ruling in favor of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Judge orders U.S. to reinstate Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy
Friday afternoon saw some breaking immigration news. A federal judge ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump-era policy of requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their U.S. court…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Immigration Weekly Round-Up: NJ Driver’s Licenses Skyrocket; White House Seeks Speedier Processing at Border and With Asylum Cases; COVID Restrictions to Continue at U.S. Border
New Jersey Sees Dramatic Increase in Driver’s Licenses after Permitting Undocumented Individuals to Apply The state of New Jersey has seen a more than 60% increase in new driver’s licenses…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Learning to Detain Asylum Seekers and the Growth of Mass Immigration Detention in the United States by Smita Ghosh and Mary Hoopes
The Immigration Article of the Day is: Learning to Detain Asylum Seekers and the Growth of Mass Immigration Detention in the United States by Smita Ghosh and Mary Hoopes. The…
UK Human Rights Blog
Napier barracks conditions held not to meet minimum standards
Napier Barracks, Kent, which was the subject of this claim. Image: The GuardianIn R (NB & Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1489 (Admin), the…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
The Fight for Immigration Justice Is Not Over: SCOTUS Rules Mandatory Detention of Certain Immigrants Seeking Safety in the United States
By Cyrus Mehta
By: Sophia Genovese* In Johnson v. Guzman Chavez, 594 U.S. __ (2021), the Supreme Court held that noncitizens in withholding-only proceedings are not entitled to a custody redetermination, or bond,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Soledad (Soledad weaves live action and animation to tell the story of a woman from Central America who fled gang violence to seek asylum in the US)
Soledad (2019) (24 minutes) The New Day Films' synopsis describes the film as follows:"Soledad tells the story of a young woman from Central America who was imprisoned in the Eloy Detention…