The Supreme Court recently handed down a decision in United States v. Sineneng-Smith, reversing a Ninth Circuit decision that purported to invalidate the federal statute that makes it a crime to encourage illegal immigration. Court commentators were qu…
Law & Justice
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Kansas v. Garcia. This ruling may be one of most significant on the states’ role in enforcing America’s immigration laws in nearly a decade. Instead of tying the states’ hands like previous …
The end is near. Well, at the very least, it could be end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Actually, the end has been coming for some time, but that is not preventing pro-amnesty activists and lawmakers from dreaming up ano…
Just when you think reporting on immigration can’t get any worse, it does. The Mercury News – which covers the San Francisco Bay area – recently published an article decrying the allegedly sad situation faced by Laura Woolen. Ms. Woolen is a Mexican na…
At the end of last month, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), proposed an updated fee schedule that would require aliens subject to deportation orders to pay $1,000 to file an appeal. EOIR is the agency that oversees both the Immigratio…
At the end of last month, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), proposed an updated fee schedule that would require aliens subject to deportation orders to pay $1,000 to file an appeal. EOIR is the agency that oversees both the Immigratio…
For months, open borders advocates have been complaining about the Trump administration conducting immigration hearings via a satellite video teleconferencing (VTC) platform. Although the U.S. Immigration Court has been using VTC for close to two decad…
Largely absent from the Democratic presidential debates, immigration has been ever-present in a possibly more important venue – the Supreme Court. While oral arguments concerning the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) have …
Three members of a Philippines church, who exploited religious workers on R-1 visas and preyed on the charity of generous Americans, were indicted last month on charges of human trafficking, forced labor and marriage fraud. Guia Cabactulan, Marissa Due…
Chicago officials are not backing down in the face of criticism from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials after a Mexican national was released from jail and subsequently re-arrested for molesting a 3-year-old child shortly after he was …