TOP UPDATES
Suspected synagogue shooter appears to have railed against Jews, refugees online
WaPo: The most recent postings on the Gab account believed to belong to Bowers specifically targeted the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, known as HIAS, which is one of nine organizations that works with the federal government to resettle refugees in American communities.
Trump administration considers travel ban-like order for Mexican border
Politico: Under the plan, the Trump administration would publish fast-track regulation that would restrict certain migrants’ ability to seek asylum. The regulation would be paired with a related proclamation from President Donald Trump.
Pentagon to deploy 5,000 active-duty troops to southern border to halt migrant caravan
USA Today: The Pentagon will deploy up to 5,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to prevent members of a migrant caravan from illegally entering the country, a U.S. official said Monday. About 2,100 National Guard troops are already fanned out across the border under an order from President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Migrant caravan: Mexico offers temporary work permits
BBC: Mexico has offered temporary work permits to migrants who register for asylum, as a big caravan of Central American migrants makes its way through the country toward the US.
New Poll Shows Voters Support Access to Asylum for Refugees
WRC: As President Donald J. Trump pursues new separation and detention policies for families fleeing violence and danger in their home countries, and threatens to arm the southern border, a new poll released today shows that the majority of likely voters—up to 70%—support allowing refugees to seek asylum in the U.S.
Counties Where ICE Arrests Concentrate
TRAC: More than a quarter (28%) of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of immigrants living and working in communities across America took place in just ten counties in the United States, along with their immediate surrounding locales…The county with the most arrests was San Bernardino County, California. In second place was DeKalb County, Georgia, where Atlanta is located. New York County, New York, and surrounding locales was in third place.
WaPo: The migrants coming today are increasingly Central Americans seeking asylum or some form of humanitarian protection, bearing stories of torture, gang recruitment, abusive spouses, extortionists and crooked police. They know the quickest path to a better life in the United States is now an administrative one — not through mountains or canyons but through the front gates of the country’s immigration bureaucracy.
55% Of America’s Billion-Dollar Startups Have An Immigrant Founder
Forbes: A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy finds that 55%, or 50 of 91, of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at least one immigrant founder.
LITIGATION/CASELAW/RULES/MEMOS
Supreme Court Asks for SG’s Views on Cross-Border Shooting Case
ImmProf: Amy Howe on SCOTUSBlog reports that the Supreme Court today “called for the views of the U.S. solicitor general in Swartz v. Rodriguez, a petition for review filed by Lonnie Swartz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent alleged to have shot and killed a 16-year-old Mexican boy who was walking on the Mexican side of that country’s border with the United States.
ACLU Calls for Moratorium and Files FOIA Request to DHS on Facial Recognition
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for a moratorium, and filed a FOIA request with DHS, on the use of facial recognition technology for immigration enforcement and law enforcement purposes until Congress and the public debate, what, if any, uses of this technology should be permitted. AILA Doc. No. 18102500
USCIS Efforts Lead to Guilty Plea in Case of Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law
USCIS announced that it helped initiate an investigation that led to guilty pleas from Veronica Perdomo, 43, for fraudulently practicing immigration law and impersonating an immigration officer. A USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security immigration officer in Charlotte received the original tip. AILA Doc. No. 18102240
AILA Submits Comments In Response to Comment Request Concerning UAC Sponsorship Review Procedures
In response to a comment request concerning UAC sponsorship review procedures, AILA noted its opposition to the proposed changes. Rather than improve the efficiently placement of unaccompanied children in suitable environments with safe caregivers, the proposed changes would impede such placement. AILA Doc. No. 18102633
RESOURCES
- IDP Pardon: Immigrant Clemency Project
- HRF Myth vs. Fact: Migrant Caravans
- AIC State Fact Sheets on Immigration
- GAO Agency Efforts to Reunify Children Separated from Parents at the Border
- California Attorney General Issues Guidance for Proper Role of Public Facility Staff in Seeking Immigration Enforcement
- EOIR Releases Materials from the 2018 Legal Training Program for Immigration Judges
EVENTS
- 11/8/18 Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice
- 11/8/18 NYIC Tour of JFK Port
- 11/13/18 CGRS best practices for working with medical and mental health professionals who provide expert testimony in asylum cases
- 11/26-28/18 CLINIC & NITA “Advocacy in Immigration Matters”
- 11/29/18 The Ins and Outs of Lawful Admission
- 12/11/18 Accidental Adjustments: How to Handle Wrongly Issued Status
- 12/20/18 Mental Incapacity: Merging Treatment and Enforcement
- 2/7/19 Basic Immigration Law 2019: Business, Family, Naturalization and Related Areas
- 2/8/19 Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2019
ImmProf
Monday, October 29, 2018
- Supreme Court Asks for SG’s Views on Cross-Border Shooting Case
- The Immigrant Drumbeat on Twitter Continues
- Political Polarization in the US
- Talking about Immigrant Integration
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018
- Don’t Be A Lawyer
- President Trump to Seal US/Mexico Border?
- The Nobel Prize Winners Show the Power of Welcoming Newcomers
Friday, October 26, 2018
- Caravan hysteria is unwarranted
- From the Bookshelves: Amy Bhatt, High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration
- Trump’s Possible Order to Close Southern Border ‘Defies Common Sense,’ Legal Experts Say
- Immigration Front-and-Center in Political Ads
Thursday, October 25, 2018
- THE IMMIGRANT CLEMENCY PROJECT
- More Latinos Have Serious Concerns About Their Place in America Under Trump
- Immigrants Are Good for Business? Immigrants are Good for Business!
- WORTHLESS PROMISES IN SILICON VALLEY
- Responding to the “Caravan”: A National Security Threat?
- How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s migration
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
- Five Myths About the Honduran Caravan Debunked
- Counties Where ICE Arrests Concentrate: Number 1 San Bernadino County, CA
- What It’s Like To Be An Immigration Lawyer In The Trump Era
- GAO Report on Family Separation Policy
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
- From the Bookshelves: A Cobbler’s Tale by Neil Perry Gordon
- 9 Questions (and Answers) About the Central American Migrant Caravan
- WH Considered Limiting Chinese Students
AILA NEWS UPDATE
http://www.aila.org/advo-media/news/clips
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Thanks, Elizabeth, as always!
Everyone should check out Elizabeth’s “Item 5” — New Poll Shows Voters Support Access to Asylum for Refugees.
Folks like Trump, Sessions, Nielsen, Cissna, and Kobach often falsely claim to be “speaking for the American people.” But, in reality, they aren’t, and never have been. They actually represent toxic, basically un-American views on immigration and migrants that are held by a vocal and active White Nationalist minority of Americans.
The rest of us need to take back our country at the ballot box — starting next Tuesday.
PWS
11-01-18