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IMMIGRATION COURT BACKLOG STILL GROWING RAPIDLY
Instead of decreasing, the number of cases pending before Immigration Courts across the US continues to grow. A new all-time high was reached in June, with a record-breaking 247,922 cases waiting to...
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Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
Supreme Court decision in Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) states that defense counsel must inform a non-citizen of the risk of deportation that could arise from a guilty plea based on Sixth Amendment...
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Supreme court hears employment discrimination case
The case is Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting (09-115). A ruling is expected by June. Justices hear case over punishing businesses that hire illegal workers By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer A...
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What happens to Immigrants with Mental Disabilities in Removal Proceedings?
With little safeguards, each year many non-citizens or even U.S. citizens have been ordered removed without access to counsel and without any clinical analysis. This is a clear violation of both...
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SB 1070 Decision Makes Way for Continuing Legal Disputes
In 2010, not long after Arizona approved SB 1070, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona joined with other civil rights organizations and filed a suit on behalf of twenty four individuals who...
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Supreme Court Sustains Arizona ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Provision, Blocks...
By: Stephen Koerting* On Monday, June 25, the Supreme Court ruled on the controversial Arizona Immigration Law, S.B. 1070, from 2010. The Court unanimously sustained the central “show me your papers”...
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States Want Strict Immigration Law That Virginia Already Has
By: Stephen Koerting* Arizona’s Immigration Law S.B. 1070 made national news when it was passed by state legislation in 2010, and again when the Supreme Court sustained the law’s centerpiece in June of...
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Same Sex Marriage-Supreme Court Update
The gay-marriage debate has garnered much attention in recent months following the general election results and interest of the Supreme Court to tackle the issue in 2013. Earlier this month, the...
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Same-Sex Spouses’ Right to Equal Protection
By: Maureen Johnson* Recent polls and statements by political leaders including President Obama demonstrate a growing trend in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. As of this writing, same-sex...
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Stepping Up: Federal Immigration Agencies begin Implementing Windsor on LGBTQ...
By James Sellars Earlier this month, Lexology published an article discussing the recent steps taken by federal agencies to align the Nation’s immigration policies with the recent Supreme Court ruling...
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