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Terrorism
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ImmigrationProf Blog
The Latest from the BIA on Providing Material Support” to a “Terrorist Organization”
Clerk here for the BIA's ruling in Matter of S-K-, 23 I. & N. Dec. 936 (BIA June 8, 2006). The decisionmakes clear that financial assistance to a terrorist organization…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Another Chapter in the “War on Terror”
Click here for a new "war on terror" prosecution under the USA PATRIOT Act of Kurd refugees. Will it be another Lodi? Stay tuned. Thanks to superstar law student Sammar…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
NRC Refusal to Consider Environmental Impact of Terrorist Attack Violates NEPA
Today, in San Louis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. NRC, the 9th Circuit concluded that the NRC erred in refusing to consider the environmental consequences of a terrorist attack upon…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Another Chapter in the “War on Terror”
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the latest "terrorism" case has fizzled: An ice cream vendor charged with lying to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Former FBI Agent’s View of the Lodi “Terrorism” Case
Out here in the Central Valley of california, the criminal prosecution of two Pakistani's accused of being members of a terrorist cell received much attention. One jury deadlocked on the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Terrorism from the South?
In the ongoing debate about immigration enforcement, members of Congress and restrictionists continue to express concern about the possibility of terrorists posing as undocumented immigrants and entering the United States…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Report on Border (In)Security
Since 9/11, concern has mounted among policymakers and law-enforcement authorities that foreign terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda might use Mexico as a transit point to enter the United States, relying…
TortsProf Blog
Conference: Terrorist Threats to Our Food Supply
The University of Minnesota is presenting a conference on April 21, addressing "pressing issues posed by the challenge of protecting our food supply from terrorist threats. National experts will address…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Why is This Not Surprising News?
From the Washington Times (April 6, 2006): An Iraqi-born U.S. citizen suspected of being a foreign intelligence agent was employed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to rule on asylum…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Comment on Material Support to Terrorists
The New York Times on April 3, 2006 ran an editorial entitled "Terrorists or Victims?" It begins, In Sierra Leone there is a woman who was kept captive in her…