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ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Leaves Flores Settlement Intact
The Flores settlement, which governs the detention of migrant children, lives. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected the latest challenges to the settlement:"In the latest…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post: Two Days at the Nogales Border by Raquel Aldana (Revised June 24)
Two Days at the Nogales Border by Raquel AldanaWe parked our cars on the U.S. side of the border at an empty parking lot in the desolate, hot Sonoran desert…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Migrant Protection Protocols and the Death of Asylum by Austin Kocher
Migrant Protection Protocols and the Death of Asylum by Austin Kocher, Journal of Latin American GeographyAbstractFrom January 2019 to January 2021, a Trump-era policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Attorney General Expands Eligibility for Asylum; Employment to Be Authorized for Immigrants Who Are Victims of Crimes; Biden to Continue Family Reunification Efforts
A.G. Rules in Favor of Victims of Domestic and Gang Violence On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland rescinded a Trump-era decision that had made it much more difficult for victims…
McEntee Law Group Blog
Weekly News Review: June 14th-June 18th
This week, we read about a new policy that restores the path to asylum for survivors of violence. We also learned about the Senate Democrats’ plan for immigration reform, and…
David Hirson & Partners, LLP Blog
Biden’s budget reflects changes in immigration policy
By Josh.grace@thomsonreuters.com
A budget request from President Biden highlights the drastic change in the U.S. immigration policy that the new administration intends to push for. The new policy will shift from limiting…
ImmigrationProf Blog
AG Issues Two Major Decisions Today
Attorney General Garland issued two momentous asylum decisions today.With Matter of A-B-, 28 I&N Dec. 307 (A.G. 2021), AG Garland rescinded Matter of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018)…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: The Book of Rosy by Rosayra Pablo Cruz & Julie Schwietert Collazo
Need a summer read? Try The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz & Julie Schwietert Collazo. Here's the publisher's pitch:Compelling and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
VP Harris to Guatemalan Asylum Seekers: “Do Not Come”
This is disappointing to see.First, seeking asylum at any US border is a 100% legal method of arrival.Second, the US spent decades contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin…
California Immigration Lawyer Blog
Honduran Witness Protection and Its Shortcomings
By Geri Kahn
I am proud to present an article by a guest blogger, Dr. Robert Kirkland. Dr. Robert Kirkland is a retired career army officer who is a security expert in the…