TOP UPDATES
DACA on perilous footing on 5th anniversary
CNN: Ten state attorneys general, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, have issued an ultimatum to the Trump administration -- sunset DACA by September 5, or we'll challenge it in court.
ICE Has Arrested More Than 400 In Operation Targeting Parents Who Pay Smugglers
NPR: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 400 people in an operation targeting undocumented parents and guardians who allegedly paid smugglers to bring their children to the U.S., putting them in grave danger. An ICE spokesman tells NPR the domestic phase of its Human Smuggling Disruption Initiative concluded on Friday. He said the "surge initiative" will now shift its focus to the transnational smuggling organizations that bring the children to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump Administration Terminates Protection for At-Risk Central American Children
ImmProf: The Trump administration announced that it was ending theCAM (Central American Minors) Parole Program, which had allowed certain children in Central America to enter the United States and be reunited with their legally residing parents.
They Got Hurt At Work — Then They Got Deported
NPR: Florida's lawmakers added a catch, making it a crime to file a workers' comp claim using false identification. Since then, insurers have avoided paying for injured immigrant workers' lost wages and medical care by repeatedly turning them in to the state…What's quietly been happening to workers in Florida, unnoticed even by immigrant advocates, could be a harbinger of the future as immigration enforcement expands under President Trump.
Dilley Settlement
AILA: The parties in Dilley Pro Bono Project v. ICE have reached a settlement that ensures access to mental health evaluations for certain detained mothers and children seeking asylum. The case was filed after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) barred Caroline Perris, a full-time legal assistant with the Dilley Pro Bono Project (DPBP), from entering the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC) in Dilley, Texas.AILA Doc. No. 17081862.
CFI grants down
WRC: USCIS posted updated quarterly statistics on the CFI caseload and grant rate. The rate of positive credible fear has declined in FY 2017. While of course many factors can influence the rate, and overall the total number of CFIs declined as well, it’s worth noting the decline in positive credible fear in light of the new credible fear lesson plan issued in February and given that a decline in the fear found rate also occurred in 2014 when a revised lesson plan was issued.
CALLS TO ACTION
Gang Allegations Survey-Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) surveytogather information about the use of gang allegations against immigrants in order to inform advocates nationally about these trends.
DACA Study- Penn State Law is seeking participants for a confidential study o understand the daily experience of DACAmented law students or legal professionals in the wake of the Trump administration.
RESOURCES
ICE eServices
ILRC: A Guide to Obtaining U Visa Certifications
Expansion of free services to help with citizenship applications
ORR Matching Grant Program: Don’t forget that clients may be eligible for assistance through the ORR grant program. In order to be eligible for the program, an individual must be a refugee, asylee, special immigrant visa holder, certified victims of human trafficking, Ameriasians from Vietnam, and Cuban and Haitian parolees. Individuals must enroll in the matching grant program within 31 days of arrival in the United States, or within 31 days of the granting of status in the United States. Individuals must also be employable and willing to commit to employment for the period of the program.
GOVERNMENT
Juan P. Osuna: A Remembrance
AILA mourns the passing of Juan P. Osuna, former Executive Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review. AILA Doc. No. 17081700
14th floor window now accepting non-motion filings at 26 Fed
Filings also can still be made on the 12th floor.
Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks on Sanctuary Policies
DOJ provides the written remarks from Attorney General Sessions from an event on 8/16/17 in Miami, Florida, on sanctuary policies. AILA Doc. No. 17081761
Article: Scoring a High-Skill Visa Just Got a Little Bit Harder
Bloombergreports that although there haven’t been any regulations or new policies issued in response to President Trump’s Buy American and Hire American Executive Order, “they’re changing the rules by adjudication,” said AILA Treasurer Allen Orr. AILA Doc. No. 17081801
EOIR Swears in Nine Immigration Judges
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the investiture of nine new immigration judges (IJs) to fill positions in Bloomington, MN.; Boston; Cleveland; Harlingen, TX; New York; San Antonio; and San Francisco. A streamlined hiring process is being used to reach a total of 384 IJs. AILA Doc. No. 17081530
EVENTS
·8/22/17Representing Stateless Persons Before U.S. Immigration Authorities: A Legal Practice Resource from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR)
·8/22/17The Perfect Plea Bargain: What Defense Counsel Wants You to KnowAILA
·8/23/17T and U visas and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) – USCIS webinar
·8/24/17FTCA and Other Civil Rights Claims - Immigration Enforcement & Damages Actions (Free)PLI
·8/28/17Best Practices Before the Asylum Office
·8/29/17Waivers of the Joint Filing Requirement in I-751 CasesAILA
·8/30/17Opioid Overdose Prevention” workshop
·8/31/17Family-based Immigration Law and Adjustment of Status
·9/7/17Fair Housing: Immigrant Tenant Rights
·9/9/17Varian Fry: Commemoration & Symposium–A series of panels, music, and art at Green-Wood Cemetery to commemorate the life of Varian Fry, who saved hundreds of intellectuals and artists from Nazi-occupied France. (Full disclosure, I helped organize this.)
·9/22/17Queering Immigration Conference
·9/23/17AILA Citizenship Day- a single-day workshop with sites around the country providing assistance to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalization. The AILA-NY Chapter will again partner with CUNY Citizenship Now.
·10/2/17Strategies for Addressing Immigration Questions for In House Attorneys
·10/3/17Whither Immigration? New Directions in Research and Policy in an Era of Nationalism - Center for Migration Studies 2017 Academic & Policy Symposium
·10/17/17The NYIC's 30th Anniversary Gala
·10/30/17Immigration Panel for Artists
ImmProf
Monday, August 21, 2017
·'America's First' Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally Held in Orange County
·Death on the Border: Missing in the US desert: finding the migrants dying on the trail north
·World Humanitarian Day 2017
Sunday, August 20, 2017
·Trump's Point System Doesn't Add Up
·The RAISE Act Would Dramatically Change U.S. Immigration Law
·ICE Has Arrested More Than 400 In Operation Targeting Parents Who Pay Smugglers
·Batten Down the Hatches: ICE director says his agents are just getting started
·Trump Administration Terminates Protection Program for At-Risk Central American Children
·DHS Inspector General Questions Need for 15000 More Border Enforcement Officers
·They Got Hurt At Work — Then They Got Deported
·Your Playlist: Eek-A-Mouse
Saturday, August 19, 2017
·Fed’s Kaplan Says Immigration Key to U.S. Economy Beating China
·President Trump's Failed Immigration Promises -- I'm Not Disappointed
Friday, August 18, 2017
·Senator Flake on Trump & Immigration in NYT Op-Ed
·EOIR Swears in 9 New Immigration Judges -- And They Are Mostly NOT Former ICE Counsel
·At the Movies: Human Flow, directed by Ai Weiwei
·Is man the eternal migrant?: Neanderthal Museum explores history of human movement
·Rural America Braces for Labor Shortages After Immigration Crackdown
·Mila Kunis on Her Family's Immigration
·The Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population ByRandy Capps, Michael Fix, and Jie Zong
Friday, August 18, 2017
·Immigration Article of the Day: Extraterritorial Punishment by Emma Kauffman
Thursday, August 17, 2017
·3800 Unauthorized Migrants Enter Quebec from US in First Two Weeks of August
·Trump's Asian, Latino, and African Exclusion Act of 2017
·Immigration Article of the Day: Essay: Federalism and the State Police Power – Why Immigration and Customs Enforcement Must Stay Away from State Courthouses by George Bach
·Trump to Speak in Arizona
·Detroit’s revival supported by immigrant entrepreneurs
·Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks on Sanctuary Policies
·From the Bookshelves: China’s Great Migration How the Poor Built a Prosperous Nation by Bradley M. Gardner
·The Complete List of U.S. Visas by Profession and Purpose of Travel
·Learning About MS-13: Connecting Two Political Issues -- Law and Order and Immigrtaion
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
·ICE Settles Case Challenging Interference with Legal Representation at Dilley
·University of Arkansas Immigration Clinic Faculty Position
·ABA: Expand Sensitive Locations and Allow Undocumented Lawyers to Practice
·Inspector General Throws Water on Trump's ICE and Border Patrol Hiring Plan
·Charlottesville Redux
·Immigration Article of the Day: Sex-Based Citizenship Classifications and the 'New Rationality' byMartha F. Davis
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
·Penn State Law Study on DACA Law Students/Grads
·National List-Serv for Dreamer/DACAmented/Undocumented Law Students, Graduates and Attorneys
·Two Undocumented American Law Students Who Argued Before the Ninth Circuit
·From the Bookshelves: We Are Syrians, editors Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
·Should Immigrants Move to Hawaii? Where You Live Impacts Ability To Obtain Representation in Immigration Court
·Haitian Immigrants in the United States
·John Oliver Tackles Border Patrol Hiring
·California State Sues Trump administration over sanctuary-city threat
·Immigration Article of the Day: A Common-Law Privilege to Protect State and Local Courts During the Crimmigration Crisis by Christopher N. Lasch
·Humanizando la Deportación/Humanizing Deportation
Monday, August 14, 2017
·Pardon Me?
·The Exploitation of “Beautiful Kate”: How Donald Trump and his conservative allies twisted the facts of a deadly San Francisco shooting to stoke America’s xenophobia.
·Immigrant of the Day: Miguel Sanó
·A Conversation about Immigration
·Trump Rhetoric Pits New Immigrants Against African Americans and Latinos
·Immigration Article of the Day: The Unreviewable Executive? National Security and the Limits of Plenary Power by Shawn Fields
AILA NEWS UPDATE
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 18, 2017
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 18, 2017
National
Bloomberg BNAScoring a High-Skill Visa Just Got a Little Bit Harder
By Laura Francis
USA TodayICE director says his agents are just getting started
By Alan Gomez
Washington PostTrucker indicted, could face death penalty after deadly smuggling case
Washington TimesJudge keeps anti-Dreamer lawsuit alive
By Stephen Dinan
Associated PressTexas police chiefs start adapting to 'sanctuary cities' law
Dallas Morning NewsNorth Texas police officers try to ease fear among immigrants over Senate Bill 4
By Dianne Solis
Associated PressColleges brace for more violence amid rash of hate on campus
By Collin Binkley and Michael Kunzelman
Associated PressMichigan State University rejects white nationalist event
By Jeff Karoub
Washington PostThree fundraising giants cancel plans for galas at Mar-a-Lago
By Drew Harwell and David A. Fahrenthold
Wall Street JournalApple's Cook Joins Business Leaders Criticizing Trump's Remarks
By Tripp Mickle and Kelsey Gee
PoliticoCEOs to move their White House talks underground
By Nancy Cook
The HillDems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville
By Mike Lillis and Scott Wong
The HillTrump defends 'beautiful' Confederate statues
By Max Greenwood
The HillWATCH: Charlottesville could be prosecuted as hate crime, says ex-DOJ official
Associated PressGuatemalan immigrant seeks sanctuary in Manhattan church
By Claudia Torrens
Associated PressUS court delays deportation of immigrant in Connecticut
Washington PostChicago activist loses US citizenship, will be deported
By Ed White
ReutersAsylum Seekers to Canada From U.S. Tripled in July: Canadian Government
New York TimesSouthwest Rises as 2018 Senate Battleground
By Alexander Burns
Washington PostHow a group of refugees saved a church on the brink of collapsing
By Bob Smietana
Washington PostBehind a WWII internment camp's barbed wire, two Scouts forged a bond. It endured when they both entered Congress.
By Lori Aratani
New York Times (Op-Ed)Jeff Flake: We Need Immigrants With Skills. But Working Hard Is a Skill.
By Jeff Flake
New York Times (Op-Ed)The Other Side of the Wall: A New Generation of Latino Art
By Kirsten Valdez Quade
New York Times (Opinion)I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It.
By Julius Krein
Washington Post (Opinion)The mealy-mouthed cowardice of America's elites after Charlottesville
By Fareed Zakaria
Washington Post (Op-Ed)Why John Kelly can't tame the White House chaos
By James P. Pfiffner
Washington Post (Opinion)Is the GOP a lost cause?
By Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post (Opinion)Trump's Confederate statue stance grew from success with 'identity politics'
By David Weigel
Washington Post (Opinion)The Daily 202: Trump has failed to offer moral leadership after Charlottesville. These 10 people are filling the void.
By James Hohmann
Washington Post (Opinion)About the 'deplorables' . . .
By Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post (Opinion)Beware: Trump may use the alt-right to turn himself into the center
By Anne Applebaum
Washington Post (Opinion)Robert Kuttner says he was 'stunned' as Bannon went 'on and on' in frank interview
By Peter W. Stevenson
The Atlantic (Opinion)How Trump's Reaction to Charlottesville Threatens the GOP
By Ronald Brownstein
CNN (Opinion)Would a public that doesn't approve of Trump follow him into war?
By Ronald Brownstein
Forbes (Opinion)Immigrants, Not Statues, Motivated Charlottesville March Organizer
By Stuart Anderson
The Nation (Opinion)Can these Cities Block Texas's Vile Anti-Immigrant Agenda?
By Jimmy Tobias
The Hill (Op-Ed)We warned America about Trump, now his supporters have to choose
By Cheri Jacobus
The Hill (Op-Ed)US Senate must follow House lead in combating human trafficking
By FORMER REP. LINDA SMITH (R-WASH.) AND TIM HEAD
Philly.com(Op-Ed)Attorneys general wrong to call Dreamers a threat to public safety
By John D. Cohen
Mitu (Op-Ed)The DREAM Act Has Been Reintroduced And It May Have A Winning Chance This Time
By Carlos Adolfo Gonzalez Sierra
Local
Greenville NewsHigh-achieving Dreamers to tell their stories of struggle, hope at forum
By Paul Hyde
Fontana Herald NewsImmigration rights activists concerned about Trump's stance on DACA
By Alejandro Cano
Orlando WeeklyOn DACA anniversary, undocumented 'Dreamers' vow not to return to the shadows
By Monivette Cordeiro
FOX 4Grand Prairie PD hopes to ease immigrants' fears ahead of SB4
Fort Worth Star-TelegramSoon, police can ask about immigration status. They're scrambling to prepare for SB4
By Domingo Ramirez Jr.
WFAANorth Texas pollice departments tackle fear over SB4
By Monica Hernandez