Practicing Immigration Law in the Age of COVID-19
Like the vast majority of society, the past 9 months have been some of the most challenging and traumatic of our lives. Practicing immigration law in the age of COVID-19 has been a humbling experience. After a brief...
Six immigration actions that we are likely to see early in Joe Biden’s administration
It’s over! From the moment Donald Trump descended his golden escalator, proclaiming Mexicans “Drug dealers, criminals and rapists,” my colleagues, clients and I have been fighting an asymmetric war against a motivated anti-immigrant policy machine. Thanks...
THIS LAND IS MY LAND: FROM WONG KIM ARK TO KAMALA HARRIS, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT
Last week, as Not My President started the inevitable and desperate ‘birtherism” arguments against Kamala Harris, my mind started racing back to the fall of 2005, when I was a 3L at Villanova Law School and attending the great Bill Stock’s immigration law class. ...
In Honor of Memorial Day: Military Service and Immigration Law
From the Marquis de Lafayette to the Iraqi and Afghan translators today, immigrant soldiers have always fought and often died in the defense American values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Immigrant soldiers have been members of the United States...
HISTORY AND FUTURE OF DACA: PART II
Since our first installment of the History and Future of DACA, quite a lot has happened. On June 18th, the Supreme Court, in a narrow 5-4 decision, held that the Trump administration illegally terminated DACA. Writing for the majority, newly woke Chief...
HISTORY AND FUTURE OF DACA, Part I
This will be a two-part story. In the first part, we will explore the history and development of Deferred Action as a Childhood Arrival (commonly referred to now as “DACA”), its requirements, the actions the Trump Regime took to dismantle the program, and the...
Uphold the Constitution on Constitution Day September 17, 2020, Call for Independent Immigration Courts
Presentation by the Honorable Charles M. Honeyman (Immigration Judge, Retired) What is a Court? Cambridge Dictionary: a place where trials and other legal cases happen (with) …officials deciding if someone is guilty Merriam-Webster: formal legal meeting in which...
Regulatory assault on immigrants continues at the appellate level: Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal aims to speed up appeals; reverse circuit court trends by ending the independent freestanding authority of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Immigration Judges (IJs) to administratively close cases or reopen cases sua sponte; and authorizes the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Director-essentially a political appointee who is not a judge to decide cases
As “of counsel” and on behalf of Solow, Isbell & Palladino, LLC (SIP), welcome to another blog exploring issues impacting the Immigration Courts. In this blog, I will highlight some of the most important portions of the latest proposed regulation that is yet...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Petition to Decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) rejected by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) regional director; further litigation possible
As “of counsel” and on behalf of Solow, Isbell & Palladino, LLC (SIP), welcome to another blog exploring issues impacting the nation’s Immigration Courts. In this blog, I will review the status of DOJ’s efforts to decertify NAIJ as a legally recognized collective...
Philadelphia Immigration Court staggers into reopening: scheduling, telework; plus reflections from the NAIJ Town Hall Meeting
PLUS, BONUS POLICY ALERTS: nearly 87,000 comments submitted in opposition to the proposed asylum regulations; advocacy organizations sue to block new restrictions on employment authorization for asylum seekers; 7th circuit rejects Castro-Tum; 3rd circuit case remains...
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