Due Process Restoration Now!
There has been a lot of talk recently about what might be included in an immigration reform bill. Will there be a legalization/amnesty/forgiveness of "lawbreakers" rule? Will there be an expansion of employment based and family based immigrant visa numbers to solve...
A Tale of Two Villages
Take 15 minutes today and watch this very moving Frontline documentary about the devastating effect of the Postville, Iowa ICE raid on the town and on the two villages in Guatemala where the immigrants came from. http://bit.ly/GWBVu The Postville operation was the...
Due Process for Immigrants, is Due Process for all Americans
This blog post was contributed by AILA Immediate Past President Charles H. Kuck: Attorney General Holder took a step towards restoring a semblance of constitutional protection to all Americans last week, when he overturned the decision of Attorney General Mukasey in...
ICE and Nursing Mothers–To Bond or Not To Bond
A week ago I was contacted by a reporter in North Carolina who became involved in a story about a undocumented immigrant. The undocumented immigrant has been in the United States for 13 years, was the mother of five U.S. Citizen children, ranging in age from 9 1/2 to...
Postville, One Year Later
Today marks the one year anniversary of the ICE raid at the Agriprocessors meat packing facility in Postville, Iowa. The raid, which was the largest worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history, resulted in the conviction and deportation of more than 300 undocumented...
Postville Gives Attorney General Holder An Opportunity To Do Justice
By AILA Board of Governors member Leslie Holman Yesterday Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. told 11 new U.S. Prosecutors: "Your job as assistant U.S. attorneys is not to convict people," Holder said. "Your job is not to win cases. Your job is to do justice. Your job...
ICE and Ankle Bracelets–Better Than No Detention at All?
ICE DRO (Detention and Removal Officers) were trolling the Immigration Courtrooms this week in Atlanta looking for respondents who were appearing for their hearings, but whom had previously not been detained by ICE, and thus had no bond or restraints on their liberty....
If Your Law Practice Includes Immigration At All, You Should Be There
How do I: 1. Find out what to do when USCIS says NVC has the file, and NVC says it doesn’t? 2. Get a step-by-step rundown of how to fill out a Form I-129 and document it? 3. Find the hidden time bombs in an affidavit of support? 4. Obtain the low-down on what to...
The New Immigration Judges–Wherefrom Art Thou?
A guest post today for AILA Board of Governor Member Amy Peck: The EOIR swore in 10 new Immigration Judges this week. The April 24, 2009 EOIR announcement states that the judges were appointed by the Attorney General after completing a rigorous application,...
Accused Nazi Death Camp Guard Demjanjuk Too Frail to Be Deported Or Fraud?
On April 14, 2009 government agents executed a final order of deportation against accused Nazi Death Camp Guard John Demjanjuk of Seven Hills, Ohio. Demjanjuk taken out of his home in a wheel chair screaming in pain with his head rolled back....
