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Mental Disorders: Criminal Aliens’ Next Deportation Dodge?

Bob Dane — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:16:26 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is seeking to block removals of criminal aliens on mental health grounds – a dodgy move that circumvents the Administrative Procedure Act. Deportations of criminal aliens have tumbled to historic lows as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, evidently on the same page as Garland, issued a memo directing U.S. Immigration [...]

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Criminal Immigration Prosecutions Drop at Southern Border

Jason Pena — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:50:18 +0000

The United States has been facing an unprecedented level of illegal crossings along the Southwest border. As the number of unauthorized entries continues to climb, it would seem that there should be a proportional increase in the number of individuals being charged with immigration-related crimes. But that hasn’t been the case. The Transactional Records Access [...]

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Acting Director of EOIR Forbids Judges from Using Term “Illegal Alien”

Spencer Raley — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:34:42 +0000

In a recent memo to all employees of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), Acting Director Jean King instructed the agency to stop using the terms “illegal” and/or “alien” when referencing foreign nationals before the court. “Do not use the terms ‘alien’ or ‘illegal alien’ to describe migrants,” the memo states. “This Policy Memorandum… [...]

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Texas Governor Refuses to Budge in Fight Against Border Crisis

Madison McQueen — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:45:05 +0000

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order on July 28 that prohibits the ground transport of illegal migrants during the “COVID-19 disaster.” The order states that in the Rio Grande Valley, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has “seen a 900 percent increase in the number of migrant detainees who tested positive for COVID-19.” [...]

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Justice Department Lawyer Set to Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Reforms

Preston Huennekens — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:42:41 +0000

According to early reports, Customs and Border Protection apprehended over 210,000 illegal aliens in the month of July. The Biden administration’s policies are entirely to blame for this humanitarian, public health, and national security crisis. By ending the Migrant Protection Protocols, pulling out of safe-third-country agreements with the Northern Triangle countries, reintroducing “catch and release,” [...]

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Merrick Garland as Attorney General: What Does it Mean for Immigration?

Preston Huennekens — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:13:10 +0000

On January 6, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he tapped D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Merrick Garland for the role of Attorney General, the position that leads the Department of Justice. Merrick Garland is perhaps most famous for being President Barack Obama’s final nominee to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. The Republican-controlled [...]

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