The Wall Street Journal reports that a District Court Judge has called out the Justice Department for allegedly making "misleading statements" to influence the Supreme Court in an immigration related decision. The case invovled the applicable standard that a Court of Appeals must consider in issuing a stay of removal that would block an immigrant’s deportation while their petition for review […]
Latinos Disproportionately Targeted for Deportation by the Obama Administration
The Cal Berkeley Institute on Law and Social Policy has just released a report entitled: "Secure communities by the number: An Analysis of Demographics and Due Process." The report was written by Aarti Kohli, Peter l. Markowitz, and Lisa Chavez, who were motivated to action by the million plus people that have been deported since the beginning of the […]
Obama administration denies immigration benefits to a married gay couple from San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that the Obama administration is enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act by denying immigration benefits to a same sex couple married seven years ago in Massachusetts. Bradford Wells is the U.S. citizen spouse, and his husband, Anthony John Makk, is a citizen of Australia. Mr. Wells filed a Form I-130 Immigration […]
Attorney General Stops Deportation of Gay Partner in Same-Sex Civil Union
Today, Attorney General Eric Holder has vacated a deportation order of an individual that is in a same-sex civil union with a United States citizen. General Holder has specifically ordered the case to be remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for the purpose of determining the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as […]
Obama’s Meeting on Immigration Reveals He Has no Real Intention to Address Immigration Reform
Obama gathered a bunch of people together yesterday to talk about immigration. Among the invitees was the person who oversaw the deportation of more immigrants over a two-year span than at any other time in the history of the United States, the richest man in New York, an aging movie star, the police, the COO […]
Obama Targeting Undocumented Students for Deportation
The Houston Chronicle has reported that the Obama administration is targeting undocumented DREAM Act eligible students for deportation confirming what many of us in the trenches of the immigration war have been suspecting. The Chronicle reports that evidence is "piling up" that President Obama’s administration has "ratcheted up" deportations of undocumented DREAM Act students. It was further […]
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