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Obama Delivers Strong Words On Immigration Reform Even As His Justice Department Separates American Families
Crossposted at Huffpost Sometimes, reforming the immigration system means fully implementing existing laws on the book. During his much-awaited immigration speech in Las Vegas, the President spoke, in part, of fixing the legal immigration system such that “if you are Read More …
Remembering Fred Korematsu
Fred Korematsu would have turned 94 today. This post is in honor of his legacy of rabble-rousing. He challenged his internment, only to have the Supreme Court justify Japanese internment for “national security” reasons. It is pretty well established that Korematsu v. Read More …
Thoughts About The “Gang of 8” Immigration Plan
Crossposted on Huffpost I’m the same-sex partner of a U.S. citizen, a daughter to lawful permanent residents, grand-daughter of a U.S. citizen, a sibling to a U.S. citizen, and so on. I’m about to graduate with a law degree from Read More …
Obama’s “Justice Department” Appeals Landmark Ninth Circuit Victory to the Supreme Court
Today, the Justice Department placed the brakes on the dreams of thousands of intending young immigrants. It appealed the landmark Ninth Circuit Child Status Protection Act victory (de Osorio v. Mayorkas) to the Supreme Court. The cert petition is here. Read More …
IJ Denies DHS’ Motion to Dismiss My Removal Proceedings
Santa delivered some good news over Christmas–my Immigration Judge denied the DHS motion to dismiss removal proceedings for lack of good cause and because we gave good reasons to oppose such a move. She did caution us that February 15, Read More …