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Employer Law Report
Business implications of the President’s Executive Action on immigration reform measures
By Rob Cohen
Last night President Obama addressed the nation and outlined his long awaited Executive Order to begin the process of immigration reform. His speech emphasized the policy imperative to improve the…
The Right Coast
Anyone who thinks the legal arguments behind Obama s immigration order are radical hasn t read them yet.
Even though the action is breathtaking in scope, there is nothing legally remarkable about what the administration is doing, or the legal analysis supporting it. The announced deferred action provides temporary…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Legal Authority for President Obama’s Immigration Action
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Office of Legal Counsel yesterday released an opinion on the President's legal authority for his immigration plan, which he'll announce shortly. Here's the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Obama’s Immigration Announcement Will Be Legal, and Includes an Implicit Enforcement Mechanism by Carrie Rosenbaum
Carrie Rosenbaum is a professor of immigration law at Golden Gate University School of Law and an immigration attorney in private practice.President Obama’s impending immigration executive action will be legal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday
Stay tuned for news from the President on both Thursday and Friday.Rumor has it that the President will announce an expanded deferred action program that is not as limited as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Obama heckled by immigration activists during election-eve rally
The DREAMers are not going away. The Washington Post reports that, even while rallying the faithful on behalf of Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sunday, President Obama…
ImmigrationProf Blog
California Can Enable DREAMers To Thrive Even More
More than a week ago, President Obama announced that he would once again delay any administrative relief for the millions of immigrants currently living under threat of deportation. This decision…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Executive Action on Immigration: MPI Offers Estimates of Unauthorized Immigrant Populations that Could Receive Relief
As the Obama administration contemplates executive action on immigration, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) today released estimates of various groups of unauthorized immigrants that could receive relief from deportation, either…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Deferred Action for a New Orleans Victim of ICE Raids
Last week I wrote about ICE enforcement efforts that have resulted in racial profiling and civil rights abuse of the Latino community in New Orleans. Two victims were seeking a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA is Two Years Old
Today, August 15, 2014, is the second anniversary of the day that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services first began accepting DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) applications.KJRelated articlesFor Now, DACA…