A Miami family sits in the middle of an immigration issue that has led more than 2,500 students and others to hit the streets in protest. Last week, a federal immigration judge ordered two sisters to leave the country by March 28. One of the sisters is an 18-year-old...
Deportation and Removal
Eleventh Circuit hears federal challenges to state immigration laws p.2
In the last post, this blog began a discussion of this week's oral arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in three immigration cases from Florida's neighboring states. The federal government is challenging state immigration measures in Alabama and...
Ecuadorean journalist flees to Miami, seeks asylum in US
A journalist from Ecuador fled from his native country in August with his family after receiving threats from people allied with the president of Ecuador. The journalist is now seeking asylum in the United States, claiming that he is the victim of persecution aimed at...
College student seeks to renew asylum defense
A 21-year-old university student in the Pacific Northwest is sitting in immigration limbo. He was brought into the United States as a baby after his father was gunned down by police in the family's native country. The young man has only known the United States as his...
Feds settle civil rights, ICE raid suit with New Haven residents targeted in immigration raids
The United States Government has agreed to fork over damages and halt deportation and removal proceedings against a group of New Haven residents snared in a 2007 residential immigration raid. The government says the settlement in the immigration-related federal court...
Federal court requests ICE clarification in deportation cases
A federal appeals court has requested that the Obama administration clarify its policy on prosecutorial discretion in several individual deportation proceedings. The appellate rulings did not arise in cases here in Florida, but the unusual orders have caught the eye...
Obama administration names Munoz to head domestic policy
President Obama Tuesday named a former immigration advocate as his top advisor on domestic policy. The president appointed his senior aide, Cecelia Munoz, to head the Domestic Policy Council. Munoz replaces Melody Barnes, who left the White House position last year....
ICE deports 14-year-old U.S. citizen without checking her identity
A 14-year-old United States citizen grew distraught in 2010 after her grandfather died and her parents divorced. The young teenager ran away from home. The teenager's grandmother tried everything she could think of in an effort to locate her granddaughter. She spent...
Some states seek new tactics in wave of federal immigration litigation
Legal battles over individual state immigration laws seem to be becoming more commonplace. This blog recently reported that on state law on immigration will go before the United States Supreme Court this term. Governor Rick Scott previously said that he intends to...
USCIS expands crackdown on fraudulent ‘notarios’ nationwide
The federal government has announced it has begun its crackdown on immigration scams nationwide. In March, this blog reported that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was planning a crackdown on individuals that act as fake immigration attorneys. The agency...