WHAT ARE THE REGIME’S LATEST WHITE NATIONALIST, ANTI-IMMIGRANT SHENANIGANS? Find Out in This Week’s Gibson Report For 12-02-19 – Compiled By NDPA Superstar Elizabeth Gibson, Esquire, NY Legal Assistance Group!

TOP UPDATES

Growth in ICE Detention Fueled by Immigrants with No Criminal Conviction<https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/583/>
TRAC: On the last day of April 2019, ICE held about 50,000 people in detention centers nationwide. Nearly 32,000 – or 64% – of detainees had no criminal conviction on record. This is up from 10,000 – or just under 40% of the nationwide total – four years prior.

ICE set up a fake university, then arrested 250 people granted student visas<https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2019/11/27/ice-set-up-fake-university-then-arrested-people-it-gave-student-visas/?fbclid=IwAR3uCITOnHB2PdLpq0jqrbxxW15oBJdg2bd5wVcww1HIRGNgbPDbWMXbBM4>
WaPo: Nearly 80 percent of those who were arrested chose to voluntarily leave the United States, according to the ICE statement. Another 10 percent of the University of Farmington students received a “final removal order,” officials said, either from an immigration judge or from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Report: Fear Driving in Uptick in Number of Immigrants Visiting Soup Kitchens<https://www.wnyc.org/story/report-fear-driving-uptick-number-immigrants-visiting-soup-kitchens/>
WNYC: The report released Monday says a proposal from the Trump Administration to more strictly interpret the public charge rule, which would make it harder for immigrants taking public assistance to get green cards, is having a chilling effect on those seeking aid from the federal government, including food stamps. As a result, the report says more people are visiting food pantries and soup kitchens around the city, even if some family members are American citizens.

The Overlooked Illegal Immigrants: From India, China, Brazil<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/us/undocumented-visa-overstays.html>
NYT: President Trump has focused on blocking unauthorized crossings on the Southern border. But nearly half of those who are in the country unlawfully actually entered with permission.

Fewer Mexican Immigrants Coming to New York, Studies Say<https://citylimits.org/2019/11/25/fewer-mexican-immigrants-coming-to-new-york-studies-say/>
City Limits: New York State ranked third among states with the largest decline in its Mexican immigrant population in 2017, accounting for 27,196 of the 304,000 Mexicans who left the U.S. that year. The two states that saw the largest decline were California, which lost 137,352 people, and Texas, with 55,232.

Leaked Emails Fuel Calls For Stephen Miller To Leave White House<https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/783047584/leaked-emails-fuel-calls-for-stephen-miller-to-leave-white-house>
NPR: Miller has recommended articles on AmRen and another white nationalist site called VDARE. We know this because the Southern Poverty Law Center has uncovered hundreds of emails that Miller wrote to a reporter at Breitbart News before he worked in the White House.

Florida poised to deputize prison guards to aid in undocumented immigrant crackdown<https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/11/25/florida-deputize-prison-guards-aid-undocumented-immigrant-crackdown/4295968002/>
News Service of FL: The move by Florida has been “reviewed and approved” by a federal advisory board, and the state is now “awaiting official notification of the Memorandum of Agreement from ICE,” the Florida Department of Corrections confirmed to The News Service of Florida on Friday.

Think Immigration: Why Immigration Lawyers Should Care about the TRAP Act – It Will Address INTERPOL Abuse<https://thinkimmigration.org/blog/2019/11/26/why-immigration-lawyers-should-care-about-the-trap-act-it-will-address-interpol-abuse/>
AILA member Sandra Grossman highlights the efforts in Congress to address the abuse of INTERPOL Red Notices in the U.S. immigration context and urges support for the TRAP Act which would move INTERPOL to improve transparency and deter abuse of their system.

Trump Says U.S. Will Designate Drug Cartels in Mexico as Terrorist Groups<l>
NYT: The comments, made in an interview with the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, came three weeks after nine American citizens, including six children, were killed in Mexico.

LITIGATION/CASELAW/RULES/MEMOS

EOIR Releases Memo on Legal Advocacy By Non-Representatives in Immigration Court<https://www.aila.org/infonet/eoir-releases-memo-on-legal-advocacy>
EOIR released a memo that reaffirms principles related to legal advocacy by non-representatives in immigration court proceedings as EOIR does not allow individuals to appear and engage in legal advocacy without being recognized as a legal representative. AILA Doc. No. 19112531

USCIS Issues Policy Alert Regarding Fees for Submission of Benefits Requests<https://www.aila.org/infonet/uscis-issues-policy-alert-regarding-fees>
USCIS issued policy guidance regarding submission and acceptance of fees for immigration benefit requests. The guidance, effective 12/2/19, establishes household income at or below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, or financial hardship, as the eligibility criteria for fee waivers. AILA Doc. No. 19102530

ICE Releases Warning About Misinformation on Social Media<https://www.aila.org/infonet/ice-warning-about-misinformation-on-social>
ICE warned that misinformation about ICE can be posted on social media. An example from 11/23/19 was provided, with ICE stating that, “reckless, irresponsible misinformation that continues to mislead the public concerning the mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).” AILA Doc. No. 19112606

Civil Rights Coalition Successfully Enjoins Presidential Health Insurance Proclamation<https://www.aila.org/advo-media/press-releases/2019/civil-rights-coalition-successfully-enjoins-presid>
AILA and our litigation partners obtained a preliminary nationwide injunction in Doe v. Trump, thereby ensuring that the administration’s attempt to ban immigrants based on their ability to obtain health insurance will not be implemented while litigation continues. AILA Doc. No. 19112661

Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY2020<https://www.aila.org/infonet/presidential-determination-refugee-admissions-fy20>
President Trump issued a determination on 11/1/19, setting the refugee admissions ceiling for FY2020 at 18,000. The determination also provides regional ceilings and admissions allocations based on category. (84 FR 65903, 11/29/19) AILA Doc. No. 19110402

EVENTS

*   12/3/19 BEYOND RESISTANCE: A Progressive Immigration Agenda for 2020<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-resistance-a-progressive-immigration-agenda-for-2020-tickets-70797586487?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>
*   12/4/19 Finding a Job in America – A Night of Comedy and Horror, by Immigrant Women<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-a-job-in-america-a-night-of-comedy-and-horror-by-immigrant-women-tickets-75003013031?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>
*   12/4/-5/19 52nd Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute<https://www.pli.edu/programs/immigration-and-naturalization-institute?t=live>
*   12/4/19 Public Charge Train the Trainer<https://tockify.com/thenyic/detail/72/1575468000000>
*   12/4/19 Legal Protections for Immigrant Children: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and Asylum<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legal-protections-for-immigrant-children-tickets-81737221229?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>
*   12/5/19 U Visas in Removal Proceedings<https://agora.aila.org/Conference/Detail/1629>
*   12/5/19 Trauma Informed Interviewing For Lawyers – NSC Pro Se Clinic<https://www.newsanctuarynyc.org/trauma_informed_interview_lawyer_training_20191205>
*   12/5/19 Foundations in Immigration Law<https://mailchi.mp/e0c658697ffb/save-the-dates-new-immigration-law-fundamentals-series?e=09f6a8c81a>
*   12/9/19 The Courtroom: A Re-Enactment of Deportation Proceedings<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-courtroom-a-re-enactment-of-deportation-proceedings-tickets-81550254005?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>
*   12/10/19 USCIS Invites Stakeholders to Teleconference on SIJ Classification Updates <https://www.aila.org/infonet/uscis-invites-stakeholders-teleconference-on-sij>
*   12/10/19 Working With Transgender, Gender Non-conforming, and Non-binary Immigrants: A Guide for Legal Practitioners!<https://avp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb8da3e27ad6713b5d8945fc2&id=70a5b33685&e=15233cf2a6>
*   12/12/19 Family-Based Immigration<https://mailchi.mp/e0c658697ffb/save-the-dates-new-immigration-law-fundamentals-series?e=09f6a8c81a>
*   12/12/19 Annual AILA New York Chapter Symposium<https://agora.aila.org/Conference/Detail/1637>
*   12/17/19 Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing<https://mailchi.mp/e0c658697ffb/save-the-dates-new-immigration-law-fundamentals-series?e=09f6a8c81a>
*   12/17/19 Incredibly Credible: Preparing Your Client to Testify<https://agora.aila.org/Conference/Detail/1632>
*   12/17/19 Keeping Our Communities Safe: The Impact of ICE Arrests at NYS Courts<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-our-communities-safe-the-impact-of-ice-arrests-at-nys-courts-registration-80735649501>
*   2/6/20 Basic Immigration Law 2020: Business, Family, Naturalization and Related Areas<https://www.pli.edu/programs/basic-immigration-law?t=live>
*   2/7/20 Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Forms of Immigration Relief 2020<https://www.pli.edu/programs/asylum-juvenile-immigration-relief?t=live>
*   2/28/20 5th Annual New York Asylum and Immigration Law Conference
*   7/23/20 Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2020<https://www.pli.edu/programs/defending-immigration-removal?t=live>

ImmProf

Monday, December 2, 2019

*   From the Bookshelves: Border Wars by Julie Hirschfield Davis and Michael D. Shear<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/from-the-bookshelves-border-wars-by-julie-hirschfield-davis-and-michael-d-shear.html>
*   Is OPT in peril? Colleges sign amicus brief opposing end of OPT<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/is-opt-in-peril.html>
*   A Fact Worth Remembering: Half of Undocumented Immigrants are Visa Overstays<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/a-fact-worth-remembering-half-of-undocumented-immigrants-are-visa-overstays.html>
*   Immigration in Pop Culture: ICE Raid on “Shameless”<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/immigration-in-pop-culture-ice-raid-on-shameless.html>
Sunday, December 1, 2019

*   DHS Lacked Technology Needed to Successfully Account for Separated Migrant Families<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/dhs-lacked-technology-needed-to-successfully-account-for-separated-migrant-families.html>
*   Alan Cumming: The racism behind anti-immigration rhetoric is palpable to every immigrant. Including me.<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/alan-cumming-the-racism-behind-anti-immigration-rhetoric-is-palpable-to-every-immigrant-including-me.html>
*   NPR: ‘I Want To Be Sure My Son Is Safe’: Asylum-Seekers Send Children Across Border Alone<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/12/npr-i-want-to-be-sure-my-son-is-safe-asylum-seekers-send-children-across-border-alone.html>
Saturday, November 30, 2019

*   States Push Back Against ICE Courthouse Arrests<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/states-push-back-against-ice-courthouse-arrests.html>
*   #NoMusicForICE<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/nomusicforice.html>
*   Podcast This American Life Looks at the Remain in Mexico Policy<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/podcast-this-american-life-looks-at-the-remain-in-mexico-policy.html>
*   Call for Papers: Michigan Law School 2020 Junior Scholars Conference<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/call-for-papers-michigan-law-school-2020-junior-scholars-conference.html>
*   World Migration Report 2020<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/world-migration-report-2020-launched.html>
Friday, November 29, 2019

*   Your Playlist: James Brown<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/your-playlist-james-brown.html>
*   From the Bookshelves: Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital by Kimberly Clausing<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/from-the-bookshelves-open-the-progressive-case-for-free-trade-immigration-and-global-capital-by-kimb.html>
Thursday, November 28, 2019

*   Two Men Walk Into A Bar…<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/two-men-walk-into-a-bar.html>
*   Happy Thanksgiving!<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/happy-thanksgiving.html>
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

*   Immigration Article of the Day: Reframing Taxigration by Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/immigration-article-of-the-day-reframing-taxigration-by-jacqueline-lainez-flanagan-.html>
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

*   TRAC Immigration: Growth in ICE Detention Fueled by Immigrants with No Criminal Conviction<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/trac-immigration.html>
*   U.K. Truck Driver Admits Role in 39 Migrant Deaths<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/uk-truck-driver-admits-role-in-39-migrant-deaths.html>
*   Immigrants Played Vital Role in Trump Impeachment Hearings<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/immigrants-played-vital-role-in-trump-impeachment-hearings.html>
*   Immigrant Success Stories: Nearly Half of 2019 Rhodes Scholars are Immigrants<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/immigrant-success-stories-nearly-half-of-2019-rhodes-scholars-are-immigrants.html>
*   There’s no other way to explain Trump’s immigration policy. It’s just bigotry.<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/theres-no-other-way-to-explain-trumps-immigration-policy-its-just-bigotry.html>
*   Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Litigation in the Time of Trump by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/immigration-article-of-the-day-immigration-litigation-in-the-time-of-trump-by-shoba-sivaprasad-wadhi-1.html>
Monday, November 25, 2019

*   Proposed Changes to USCIS Rules for H1-B, H-4, EB-5, L-visas<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/proposed-changes-to-uscis-rules-for-h1-b-h-4-l-visas.html>
*   Sorry Mr. President, Americans Get Arrested More Often Than DACA Applicants<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/sorry-mr-president-americans-get-arrested-more-often-than-daca-applicants.html>
*   60 Minutes: A widow recalls how her husband and daughter drowned in the Rio Grande<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/60-minutes-a-widow-recalls-how-her-husband-and-daughter-drowned-in-the-rio-grande.html>
*   Immigration Article of the Day: Supremacy, Inc. by David S. Rubenstein<https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2019/11/immigrtaion-article-of-the-day-supremacy-inc-by-david-s-rubenstein.html>

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Truly a regime with endless capacity for fraud, waste, abuse, and just pure evil. Aided and abetted by complicit Article III Courts afraid to “Just Say No” to systematic statutory and Constitutional abuses.

Constantly Confront Complicit Courts 4 Change!

Due Process Forever!

PWS

12-03-19