Topic
Migrant Support
38 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
GAO Says Customs and Border Protection Spent Migrant Medical Funds on Dirt Bikes
McCord Pagan for Law360 reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) violated the law by taking funds designated by Congress for consumables and medical care for migrants and instead used…
Coronavirus Immigration Blog
Court Upholds California Plan to Provide Aid to Immigrants – May 6, 2020
By Greg Siskind
A California appeals court has upheld California Governor Newsome’s plan to provide financial aid to immigrants in California regardless of their immigration status. The plan was challenged by two Republican…
Religion Clause
Court Accepts RFRA Defenses of Volunteers Feeding Migrants
In United States v. Hoffman, (D AZ, Feb. 3, 2020), an Arizona federal district court reversed the criminal convictions of four volunteers aiding migrants through the faith-based organization No More…
Legal Profession Blog
Cocked And Loaded
A suspension of at least one year has been imposed for an attorney's misconduct as described by the California State Bar Court Hearing Department.The attorney had leased office space to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
No More Deaths Volunteer’s Trial Underway
photo via CNNOh to be a federal court watcher in Arizona this week as the trial of Scott Warren, a volunteer with No More Deaths, is currently underway. Warren faces…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Race is Politics: Plan Pueblo Panama and Increased Violence in Honduras
Guest blogger: Pilar Calderon, law student, University of San FranciscoOn an eternal stretch of road before and behind, poor Central American migrants are greeted like pilgrims as they pass small…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Spirit of Thanksgiving: Migration Is Beautiful Helps Migrants in Memphis
In Memphis, Tennessee, a grass roots group is helping immigrants. Volunteers with the Migration is Beautiful aid group have been filling boxes with lunches they had packed at First Congregational…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Putting Harriet Tubman on Trial? Farmer on Trial Defends Protecting Migrants: ‘I Am a Frenchman.’
Adam Nossiter shares an inspirational story from France. The defendant, Cédric Herrou, a slightly built olive farmer, did not deny that for months he had illegally spirited dozens of migrants through…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NYT: As Immigrants Settle Beyond City Limits, Help Is Hard to Find
As immigrants settle beyond city limits, help is hard to find, the New York Time reports. While the NYT story focuses on migrants in the "hinterlands of upstate New York,"…
ImmigrationProf Blog
In Kind Donations To Help Recent Migrants
Photo via Jose Antonio VargasDid you know that there are agencies around the country that will accept donations of clothing and household goods to benefit recent migrants?Here is a handy…