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THE GIBSON REPORT — 07-22-19 — Compiled By Elizabeth Gibson, Esquire, NY Legal Assistance Group

Elizabeth Gibson
Elizabeth Gibson
Attorney, NY Legal Assistance Group
Publisher of “The Gibson Report”

THE GIBSON REPORT — 07-22-19 — Compiled By Elizabeth Gibson, Esquire, NY Legal Assistance Group

TOP UPDATES

 

Trump administration planning changes to U.S. citizenship test

WaPo: The Trump administration is planning to update the test, and a new version is slated to debut before the end of President Trump’s first term, officials said Friday. A pilot test should be available this fall. USCIS officials are offering few details about the changes to the test, which was last revised in 2008.

 

Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year

Politico: During a key meeting of security officials on refugee admissions last week, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services representative who is closely aligned with White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller suggested setting a cap at zero, the people said. Homeland Security Department officials at the meeting later floated making the level anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000, according to one of the people.

 

Mexico says dodges bullet on ‘safe third country’ talks with U.S. after stemming migrant flows

Reuters: Mexico said on Sunday it averted the so-called “safe third country” negotiations with the United States it desperately wanted to avoid after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Mexican efforts in reducing U.S.-bound migrant flows.

 

ACLU files suit to block Trump rule to stop asylum-seekers

Reuters: The American Civil Liberties Union sued U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping new rule that would bar almost all migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border of the United States. See also Trump circumvents Congress to destroy asylum protections and I became an asylum officer to help people. Now I put them back in harm’s way.

 

The cost of bail for immigrants is surging

Axios: By the numbers: As recently as 2005, all bail bonds issued by judges to immigrants were less than $2,000, according to TRAC’s data. Last fiscal year, just 5% of bonds were less than $2,000, and 40% were $10,000 or more.

 

Civil Servants Who Process Immigration Applications Are Being Asked To Help ICE Instead

Buzzfeed: The email to staffers, sent Wednesday by USCIS deputy Mark Koumans and obtained by BuzzFeed News, asked employees to volunteer for administrative work in ICE field offices across the country, including processing files that are part of a program forcing immigrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico as their cases are adjudicated, and supporting public document requests.

 

Honduran girl taken off life support after she tried to take her own life when her father was denied at the border

Univision: With an ankle monitor that ICE gave him, Honduran immigrant Manuel Gámez was able to be present when his daughter Heydi was disconnected from life support at a hospital in New York. See also Migrant mental health crisis spirals in ICE detention facilities.

 

ICE Quietly Expands Immigration Detention in the Deep South

AIC: This expansion is particularly concerning given the long and horrifying track record of human rights abuses, staff mistreatment, and inadequate medical care in these facilities in recent years.

 

ICE Fails to Target Serious Criminals in Immigration Court Filings

TRAC: Despite the administration’s rhetoric of deporting “criminals” from this country, the latest data from the Immigration Courts through June 2019 shows only 2.8 percent of recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filings based deportability claims on any alleged criminal activity. This is way down from the emphasis on deporting criminals that prevailed a decade ago. See Figure 1.

 

2,100 more troops headed to the U.S.-Mexico border, Pentagon says

Politico: The new active-duty troops will arrive “in the next several weeks” and will provide “aerial surveillance, operational, logistical, and administrative support” to Customs and Border Patrol, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Chris Mitchell said in a statement. ICE raids across major US cities fall short of expectations but fear remains

 

ICE raids across major US cities fall short of expectations but fear remains

ABC: While the effort seems to have been downgraded — or perhaps just delayed — immigrant communities across the U.S. were still on red alert.

 

Trump Administration Rejects More Student Visas From Muslim-Majority Countries

AIC: As a result, approvals to study in the United States have plummeted for Iranian students. The State Department has issued a mere 413 student visas to Iranians so far in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. Only 1,433 were issued in all of FY 2018. By way of comparison, 2,650 were approved in FY 2016.

 

LITIGATION/CASELAW/RULES/MEMOS

 

Second Lawsuit Filed to Block Trump Asylum Rule

CAIR: The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of CAIR Coalition and Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).

  • Monday, July 22—2:00 pm (eastern)—CAIR v. Trump (D.D.C.)– hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order.
  • Wednesday, July 24 – 9:30am (pacific) – East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr (N.D. Cal) – hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order.

 

Battle over border wall comes to the court

SCOTUSblog: The battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border came to the Supreme Court today, as the federal government asked the justices to block a lower-court order that barred the government from using $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds for construction of the wall.

 

AILA’s Summary of Congressional Hearing on USCIS Processing Delays

This document summarizes the July 16, 2019, House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship hearing on “Policy Changes and Processing Delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services” AILA Doc. No. 19071912

 

FOIA Litigation Results in Helpful Guidance on Motions Practice Before the BIA

The American Immigration Council released key DOJ guidance that may help you if your clients are facing removal from the United States. These materials—publicly available for the first time—address motions before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), including stays of removal. AILA Doc. No. 19053030

 

EOIR Releases Guidelines Regarding New Regulations Governing Asylum and Protection Claims

EOIR issued guidelines that established its policy and procedures for adjudicating asylum claims in the context of migrants who enter or attempt to enter the U.S. across the southern land border after failing to apply for protection while in a third country. This guidance is effective 7/16/19. AILA Doc. No. 19071530

 

RESOURCES

 

 

EVENTS

 

 

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Friday, July 19, 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Monday, July 15, 2019

 

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Wow!  The continuing saga of malicious incompetence, the demise of Due Process, and the decline of the American Republic.

PWS

07-23-19

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