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Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Energy Enforcers
By Greg Russell
We have noted in previous posts the potential/active criminal enforcement of climate legislation in other countries (see here, e.g.). This article in the NYT reporting on energy audits in Austin,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NY Daily News: Don’t Expand 287(g) Program
Yesterday, I noted the opposition that many immigrant rightgs programs have voiced to the DHS expansion of the 287(g) program. Today, Albor Ruiz writes in the NY Daily News:The more…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NY Times Criticizes 287(g) Expansion
Kevin Johnson and I have blogged in the past few days about the problems of the Obama Administration's decision to expand the 287(g) program. Yesterday, the NY Times also found…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS Data on Enforcement Actions
According to a recent report from the Department of Homeland Security, 792,000 foreign nationals were apprehended in 2008; 88 percent were from Mexico. ICE detained approximately 379,000 that year. More…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ICE to Expand New Immigration Enforcement Program in Local Jails
Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron of Migration Policy Institute reports on the plans of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information…
The Contingency
SEC Thwarted Staff, WaPo Says
The Washington Post reports today that, under Chairman Christopher Cox, an ex-Congressman, the Securities and Exchange Commission collected a whopping $256 million in fines during 2008. The bad news? The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Enforcement Now, Enforcement Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The L.A. Times reports that President Obama will ask Congress for $27 billion for border and transportation security "and set[] the stage for immigration reform by first addressing enforcement." The 8%…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Announces Review of Whistleblower Tips
In the wake of criticism that the agency failed to heed repeated warnings that Bernard Madoff was engaged in securities fraud, SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced today that the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Changes in Leadership at SEC
A change in leadership in the SEC's Enforcement Division was probably inevitable after the Madoff scandal, the Congressional anger at the SEC staff expressed during recent hearings, and SEC Chair…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tough illegal immigration law ignored Legislature provided no funds for enforcement; municipalities fail to register for program
In 2006, the Georgia legistaure passed a controversial strict immigration law. CAMERON McWHIRTER, MARY LOU PICKEL The Atlanta Journal-Constitution report that "the provision has amounted to less than proponents hoped…