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CRIMigration
236 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Crackdown on Fraudulent Immigration Lawyers
Julia Preston writes for the NY Times:Immigration officials are teaming up with federal and state prosecutors, the Federal Trade Commission, lawyers’ groups and immigrant advocate organizations in a new nationwide…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Say No to S-Comm in Massachusetts
From Centro Presente:Say NO! to S-Comm in Massachusetts! For the reunification of immigrant families!Not more criminalization of immigrant families!Come and educate your elected officials about the positive contributions that new immigrants…
Legal Profession Blog
From Albany Law School To Albanian Practice
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has ordered a four-year suspension of an attorney convicted of immigration fraud. The facts:Respondent's conviction of one count of conspiracy…
Legal Profession Blog
A Matter Of Public Record
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has disbarred an attorney convicted by a jury of immigration fraud:The criminal charges against respondent alleged that from in or…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Deportation Nation: A Timeline Of Immigrant Criminalization
This timeline shows how the U.S. immigration system became focused on enforcement and criminalization. Click to watch videos and learn how the Founding Fathers allotted power to decide who can…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration and Violence
The CQ Press recently published its annual list of of most dangerous and least dangerous cities in the United States. With the uproar over the supposed link between immigration and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Next Law & Order SVU? The Stokes Unit Tests Marriages!
Nina Bernstein of the New York Times offers us a glimpse of the "Stokes unit" of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in New York City; the unit tests suspected…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arizona’s Punishing Law Doesn’t Fit the Crime: Studies Show Decrease in Arizona Crime Rates Over Time
Supporters of Arizona's harsh new immigration law claim that it is, in part, a crime-fighting measure. However, people like Republican State Senator Russell Pearce of Mesa, the bill's author, overlook…
ImmigrationProf Blog
$3 Million Judgment in Immigration Fraud Case
KIRK SEMPLE in the N.Y. Times reports that " A businesswoman in Jackson Heights, Queens, who falsely promised to secure legal immigration status for dozens of illegal immigrants has been…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Myth of Immigrants and Crime
Steve Chapman writes in the Chicago Tribune:Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson, who has focused his research on Chicago neighborhoods, documents that felonious behavior is less common among Mexican-Americans, who constitute the…