TOP UPDATES
Legal Aid Lawyers Stage Walkout After Yet Another ICE Court Arrest
Village Voice: “Genaro Rojas Hernandez, thirty, was in court to face charges of violating a restraining order. Just after 11 a.m., after a judge asked him and his court-appointed attorney to step into the hallway with a Spanish interpreter, Hernandez was arrested by ICE agents, according to his lawyer, Rebecca Kavanagh. After the arrest, attorneys with the Legal Aid Society stormed out of the courthouse on Schermerhorn Street and held a noisy picket line outside the building, calling on immigration officials to stay out of the courthouse. The arrest makes Hernandez the fortieth individual taken into custody by immigration enforcement agents inside a New York City courthouse.”
On Thursday there will be a Rally to Keep ICE Out of Courts.
Cash Assistance for Asylum Applicants
New guidance says that applicants for asylum are now eligible for Cash Assistance in the PRUCOL category if they have an EAD.
IJ Retirements
IJs McManus and Lamb are both retiring around the end of the year. It’s too early to know who will be inheriting their dockets, but this is sad news for respondents on top of the loss of several other good judges in NY over the course of the last year.
DACA Updates
·Gillibrand, Espaillat Say They’ll Force Government Shutdown To Save DACA
·McConnell: No government shutdown this week over immigration: Tribune: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Sunday there won't be a government shutdown this week over the question of protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, describing it as a "non-emergency" to be addressed next year.”
·Key Senator to Vote 'Yes' on Tax Bill in Exchange for DACA Commitment
·Some Republicans are pushing for restrictions on asylum in exchange for DACA protections
Asylum Vetting Office
Rumor has it that the asylum division is creating an Asylum Vetting Office. It is currently unclear what the office’s specific mandate would be and how it would interact with existing programs.
Multiple reports of people with final orders but no criminal records picked up at I-130 interviews
NYIC: “This issue is on the agenda for the next USCIS liaison meeting. Phyllis had made it clear she did not want ICE making arrests at interviews. Now that she has left we don't yet know what the position of the acting DD, or who they ultimately hire, will be.”
As Immigration Enforcement Ramps up, Neighbors Sign up to Defend Immigrants
AIC: “Poised to act at a moment’s notice, Migra Watch volunteers are trained to manage distress calls, provide support to children whose family members have been detained or deported, and show up where ICE is conducting roundups of their immigrant neighbors. Trainings typically take place at churches or community centers, where legal residents and citizens are taught to not interfere with ICE operations, but to document them.”
ICE Arrests & Detains Man Who Spoke to Media on Girlfriend's Arrest
ImmProf: “ICE agents have reportedly arrested a man who was quoted in that article about his girlfriend's immigration arrest last month.And his arrest appears to be a form of retaliation against him for speaking out.”
United States Ends Participation in Global Compact on Migration
ImmProf: “The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it "inconsistent" with its policies.” (Note: It’s a bit confusing from the article, but the administration is pulling out of the negotiations, not withdrawing from the compact, which is still in development and expected to be complete by the end of 2018.)
Court Orders Federal Immigration Jail in Buffalo to Offer Parole, Bond Hearings for Asylum-Seekers
NYCLU: “A federal court on Friday night ordered the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York to stop detaining asylum-seekers without a fair opportunity for release on parole or bond while awaiting asylum hearings. The New York Civil Liberties Union and the International Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center originally filed suit in July over the practice at the state’s largest immigration detention facility.”
How the GOP tax bills hurt undocumented immigrants
CNN:
·“Currently, non-citizens filing taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, are allowed to claim the child tax credit, which gives back up to $1,000 per child under age 17. In tax year 2013, according to the Government Accountability Office, 4.4 million ITIN filers claimed child tax credits worth $6 billion. Under both the House and Senate versions of the Republican tax bill, ITIN filers — most of whom are undocumented — would need to provide Social Security numbers for each child in order to claim the refundable part of the credit…
·“In addition, the House bill tightens up the rules for the Earned Income Tax Credit in such a way that immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will no longer be able to receive the credit when their work authorization expires.
·“The House bill would also require a Social Security number for the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which is worth $2,500 annually towards the first four years of higher education expenses. In 2013, ITIN filers claimed $204 million through this credit. The Senate bill makes no changes to these credits.”
ACTIONS
·Rally to Keep ICE OUT of Courts: Rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call on the Office of Court Administration to comply with a "Sanctuary Courts" policy which would bar ICE officers from entering Court premises and detaining our clients
·URGENT RFR Help Needed! - CARA: We have an urgent need for help drafting Requests for Reinterview/Reconsideration (RFR) for the Houston Asylum Office. If you are able to draft an RFR, please email . We have RFR samples and will forward along each client's IJ court submission, which includes each client's signed declaration. We need a draft of each RFR by next Wednesday, December 6 at noon (at the latest). If you are an experienced attorney and have capacity to review an RFR and provide mentorship to a volunteer drafter, that is a huge help too!
·AILA: Call for Examples: Problematic SIJS Adjudications at the National Benefits Center
·AILA: Call for Examples: Barriers and Inadequate Access to Detained Clients
RESOURCES
·USCIS DACA FAQ
·NIJC: "What Kind of Miracle” Report on Systematic Violation of Right to Counsel at Cibola County Correctional Center
·"Screening Far and Wide" Handout– guide to different forms of relief
·African Communities Together (ACT) Interpreter Collective - Interpreter services for African languages. Prices negotiable, but they hire interpreters regardless of immigration status so paying also provides income for immigrants. You can contact ACT by email at , or by calling their Hotline at (347) 746-2281.
EVENTS
·12/4/17Consular PracticeCLE- 6:30 pmto8:30 pmNew York Law School ROOM W401 on the fourth floor 185 West Broadway
·12/5/17Overview of Cancellation of Removal: Practical Strategies for Successful Cases
·12/6-7/17PLI 50th Annual Immigration and Naturalization Institute
·12/7/17Rally to Keep ICE Out of Courts
·12/9/17Healthcare & Immigrant Populations: Letting Our Voices Be Heard
·12/12/17A Catholic Response to Exclusionary Nationalism, the Global Crisis in Refugee Protection, and Recent Developments in US Immigration Policy
·12/12/17Advanced Topics in Motions to Reopen
·12/13/17Immigrant Access to Healthcare Public Hearing
·12/13/17Screening of “Marshall” at Second Circuit – must RSVP by Dec. 11
·12/14/17Immigration Accompaniment Training
·2/8/17 Basic Immigration Law 2018
·2/9/17 Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2018
·4/30/17 Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California 2018 (Free)
ImmProf
Monday, December 4, 2017
·Judge Harry Pregerson's immigration Legacy
Sunday, December 3, 2017
·ICE Arrests & Detains Man Who Spoke to Media on Girlfriend's Arrest
·Disney Pixar's "Coco" on Borders and Building Bridges
·Immigrant Tomato Pickers in FL and the #MeToo movement
·As Immigration Enforcement Ramps up, Neighbors Sign up to Defend Immigrants
·DREAMer Story-Sharing Marathon: December 4
·United States Ends Participation in Global Compact on Migration
·Megan Markle - A Citizenship Story
Saturday, December 2, 2017
·From The Bookshelves: Somos como las nubes by Jorge Argueta
·Ninth Circuit to Hear Arguments in Challenge to Travel Ban 3.0 on December 6
·A Defense of Immigration Lawyers
·Kennedy Center Honors Gloria Estefan
·Oxfam: Beyond "Fortress Europe" - Principles for a humane EU migration policy
Friday, December 1, 2017
·UC Irvine student creates first-of-its-kind scholarship program for refugees
·Tens of Thousands in United States Face Uncertain Future, as Temporary Protected Status Deadlines Loom
·2018 World Migration Report
·At the Movies: First They Killed My Father(2017)
·From the Bookshelves: The Cholo Tree by Daniel Chacón
·Migration and remittances: recent developments and outlook
Thursday, November 30, 2017
·Defense Verdict in Kate Steinle Case
·Final Closure of Manus Island Detention, and a Look Back
·Legalization for DREAMers: A Realistic Appraisal of Potential Chain Migration
·The Economic Effects of Refugee Return and Policy Implications
·Lawyers in New York Protest ICE Arrests in Brooklyn Courthouse
·Trump's Latest Twitter Controversy
·Jotwell: Family on Chen's Administrator-in-Chief; Banks on Abrams' Family & Security State
·U.S. Citizen in Los Angeles Detained for 4 Days by Immigration Authorities
·Hollywood Goes DACA
·New Casebook by Hing, Chacón, and Johnson: Immigration Law and Social Justice
·Asylum Representation Rates Have Fallen Amid Rising Denial Rates
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
·Poland's Rising Right
·Donald Trump Paid $1.4 Million in a Dispute Over Undocumented Workers. Read the Newly Unsealed Legal Papers
·Immigration Article of the Day: Protected, Not Removable: Foreign National Trafficking Victims and the Immigration Policies of the Trump Administration by Caroline Fish
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
·Pope Francis and the Rohingya
·Giving Tuesday
Monday, November 27, 2017
·Cyber Monday for Immprofs
·Immigration Reforms in Spending Bill?
·ICE’s Courthouse Arrests Undercut Democracy
·RIP U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson (1923-2017)
AILA NEWS UPDATE
Daily Immigration News Clips – December 1, 2017
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on December 1, 2017
National
New York TimesNumber of DACA Applications Stuck in the Mail Tops 900
By Liz Robbins
Associated PressGOP pressing plan to avert government shutdown on Dec. 8
By Andrew Taylor
Washington PostTrump tells confidants that a government shutdown might be good for him
By Josh Dawsey, Sean Sullivan, and Ed O'Keefe
PoliticoGOP leaders struggle with shutdown strategy
By Rachael Bade, Seung Min Kim, and Kyle Cheney
Washington PostRepublicans preparing short-term plan to avert government shutdown
By Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe
Roll CallLujan Grisham: Expect to See Republicans Demand DACA Fix
By Eric Garcia
CNNRepublicans prepping letter to Ryan urging DACA fix
By Tal Kopan
The HillDACA advocates see efforts gaining steam in the House
By Rafael Bernal
The HillSenate Democrats reject initial DACA offer
By Jordain Carney
Washington TimesSpeaker Ryan says Dems blew DACA negotiations by skipping Trump meeting
By Stephen Dinan
Reno Gazette JournalAmodei wants DACA vote in Congress by the end of the year
By James DeHaven
Los Angeles TimesFor a deported man and his family, an uneasy 'homecoming' in Mexico
By Kate Linthicum
Dallas Morning NewsU.S. citizenship applications soar - is it the Trump effect?
By Dianne Solis
Associated PressNot guilty verdict found in case pushed by Trump in immigration debate
New York TimesUndocumented Immigrant Acquitted in Killing of Kate Steinle
By Matt Stevens, Thomas Fuller, and Caitlin Dickerson
Wall Street JournalIllegal Immigrant Found Not Guilty in San Francisco Killing
By Zusha Elinson and Alicia Caldwell
Los Angeles TimesHow Trump made Kathryn Steinle's slaying a center of illegal immigration crusade
By Brittny Mejia and Alene Tchekmedyian
San Francisco GateExclusive: Kate Steinle's family talks about the anguish and frustration
By John Diaz
The HillSessions blasts sanctuary cities after Kate Steinle murder trial ruling
By Josh Delk
The HillTrump resumes calls for border wall in response to Kate Steinle murder trial verdict
By Brooke Seipel
The HillDefense attorney in Steinle case: Jury's verdict 'should be respected'
By Brandon Carter
ReutersTrump's call for military buildup hits bump in Congress
By Richard Cowan
ReutersU.S. officials worry immigrant fears could make census inaccurate
By Mica Rosenberg
New York TimesWhite House Plans Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo
By Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, and Gardiner Harris
BuzzFeedA Republican Senator Is Getting In The Way Of One Of Trump's Biggest Successes
By Zoe Tillman
Time MagazineFighting Donald Trump Cost Jeff Flake His Job. But He's Not Going Quietly
By Nash Jenkins
Washington ExaminerPerdue: Mitch McConnell's support for ending chain migration is a 'milestone'
By Anna Giaritelli
NPRThis Nun Has Been Fighting For Migrant Kids For 45 Years
By Claudio Sanchez
Public News Service (Minnesota)Immigration Slowdown May Hurt MN Economy
By Laurie Stern
Splinter (Voices)What DACA Recipients Really Need Is For Their Bosses to Break the Law
By Jorge Rivas
New York Times (Op-ed)Borders Can't Protect Us
By Vincente Fox Quesada
Washington Post (Opinion)How long can Trump's tweets and serious policy development coexist?
By Ed Rogers
Local
Amsterdam NewsDHS makes inhumane decision to cancel Haitian TPS
By Opal Tometi
Boulder WeeklyDHS terminates protective status for Haitians. Who's next?
By Angela Evans
NBC ConnecticutFather Fighting Deportation to Ecuador Takes Sanctuary in New Haven Church
WSHUThird Undocumented Person Seeks Sanctuary In New Haven Church
By Cassandra Basler
Daily Immigration News Clips – November 30, 2017
AILA Doc. No. 17113036 | Dated November 30, 2017
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on November 30, 2017
National
ReutersWhite House Does Not Expect U.S. Government Shutdown
Wall Street JournalHouse Republicans' Shift on Spending Bill Could Push Dreamer Debate Into Next Year
By Kristina Peterson
Washington PostTop Democrat ratchets up government shutdown fight over 'dreamers'
By Ed O'Keefe and Sean Sullivan
PoliticoRubio on shutdown: 'It's possible. But I hope not.'
By Louis NElson
PoliticoGOP looks to jam Democrats in shutdown fight
By Rachel Bade, John Bresnahan and Sarah Ferris
PoliticoPlaybook Interview with Sen. Marco Rubio
Associated PressUS frees African asylum-seeker who's on life support
By Amy Taxin and Krista Larson
Express TribuneFemale immigrant detainees given plastic bags to use as toilet in California
ABA JournalAbout 100 public defenders protest outside courthouse after ICE arrest; lawyer tells of 'chaos'
By Debra Cassens Weiss
PoliticoGutierrez eyes 2020 presidential run
By Natasha Korecki
The HillGutierrez makes moves toward presidential run: report
By Avery Anapol
Associated PressInternational visitors to US down 4 percent in 1st 6 months of 2017
By Beth Harpaz
Virginia Quarterly ReviewOver the Line
By Rachel Maddux
Washington PostThe Russian billionaire next door: Putin ally is tied to one of D.C.'s swankiest mansions
By Rosalind Helderman and Alice Crites
USA TodaySensitive personal information of 246,000 DHS employees found on home computer
By Ray Locker
America Magazine (Editorial)The failure of the Dream Act would be a moral crisis-and a call to action
New York Times (Op-ed)Trump, Proxy of Racism
By Charles Blow
Washington Post (Opinion)A shutdown nobody wants or a palate cleanser?
By Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post (Opinion)Trump's anti-Muslim and anti-media tweets demonstrate deep insecurity
By Philip Bump
Washington Post (Opinion)There's no hiding from Trump's bigotry
By Ishaan Tahroor
Washington Post (Opinion)Sarah Huckabee Sanders just tacitly endorsed using anti-Muslim propaganda
By Aaron Blake
Washington Post (Opinion)From 'He likes us' to 'Sad!': The rise and fall of the Trump-Schumer-Pelosi partnership
By Paul Kane
Washington Post (Op-ed)The Founders would have opposed seizing land for Trump's border wall
By Gerald Dickinson
Washington Post (Op-ed)Many refugees are women and children. That changes whether Americans want to admit them.
By Timothy Rich and Maggie Sullivan
The Hill (Op-ed)GOP tax scam hurts Latinos
By Ben Monterroso
The Hill (Op-ed)Diversity visa lottery doesn't make us less safe, but ending it might
By Carly Goodman and Charles Piot
The Hill (Op-ed)A merit-based immigration system would help Americans - and skilled foreigners
By Deena Flinchum
The Hill (Op-ed)Congress should represent Americans - not illegal aliens
By Ira Mehlman
Local
Phoenix New TimesHow Motel 6 and ICE Turned Undocumented Dad's Stay Into a Nightmare
By Antonia Noori Farzan and Joseph Flaherty
Colorado Public RadioHow A Deal To Help Dreamers Could Spell Doom For Their Parents
By Rachel Estabrook
Princeton PatchICE Arrests Came Hours Before Immigration Rally In Princeton
By Anthony Bellano
East Bay TimesOakland police chief finally responds to ICE raid criticism at public hearing
By Ali Tadayon
Chicago TribuneResidents asks Hammond to denounce DACA repeal
By Craig Lyons
Texas ObserverHow Breitbart, Trump and Texas Politicians Spun a Tale out of a Border Patrol Agent's Death
By Gus Bova
The HillTrump winery seeks permission to hire foreign guest workers
By Brett Samuels
Associated Press (California)San Francisco pier shooting jury ends Day 5 without verdict
By Paul Elias
Washington Post (Virginia)KKK chapter aims recruiting campaign at small Virginia towns
By Joe Heim
Texas TribuneTexas DACA Recipients Face Narrowing Window After Talks with Trump Fall Apart
By Julian Aguilar
Dallas Morning News (Op-ed)ICE has to stop with its intimidation tactics at courthouses
By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
Chicago Sun Times (Opinion)Gutierrez for president? You heard it here first
By Mark Brown
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