TOP UPDATES

 

Decision to terminate the TPS designation for Haiti

DHS: “Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti with a delayed effective date of 18 months to allow for an orderly transition before the designation terminates on July 22, 2019. This decision follows then-Secretary Kelly’s announcement in May 2017 that Haiti had made considerable progress, and that the country’s designation will likely not be extended past six months.”

 

The "Sanctuary" Battle Continues: Court Permanently Enjoins Executive Order Sanctuary Provisions

ImmProf: “A federal judge has permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to cut funding from "sanctuary cities," cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration enforcement authorities.   U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick issued the ruling [] in lawsuits brought by two California counties, San Francisco and Santa Clara. Judge Orrick said Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress.  The ruling is here.  Download Summary-Judgment”

 

Debate over whether DACA will be addressed in spending bill

CNN: “Durbin and Graham remained flexible as to whether the immigration deal would decide their votes. If Congress is unable to pass a spending bill by midnight on December 8, the government will shut down.”

See also:  With chances of immigration deal fading, Dreamer supporters mount big push

 

How Trump is building a border wall that no one can see

WaPo: “Across agencies and programs, federal officials are wielding executive authority to assemble a bureaucratic wall that could be more effective than any concrete and metal one.”

 

Police in Trump-supporting towns aid immigration officials in crackdown

Reuters: “Dozens of police departments in the United States have been granted new powers, or are seeking them, to check the immigration status of people they arrest, aiding President Donald Trump’s broad crackdown on people living in the country illegally.”

 

ACTIONS

 

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RESOURCES

 

         AILA: Now Available: Podcast on Finding Relief for Victims of Labor and Sex Trafficking

         AILA: Now Available: Podcast with a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Court Update

         UNHCR via AILA: Webinar on Representing Stateless Persons Before U.S. Immigration Authorities

         AILA: Resources for Responding to Large-Scale Enforcement Actions and Raids

         AILA: ICE Worksite Raid: Employer Rights and Responsibilities

 EVENTS

 

                11/27/17 NYIC Legal Services Provider Happy Hour - RSVP

                11/30/17 2017 Update on Special Immigrant Juvenile Issues

                12/5/17 Overview of Cancellation of Removal: Practical Strategies for Successful Cases

                12/9/17 Healthcare & Immigrant Populations: Letting Our Voices Be Heard

                12/12/17 Advanced Topics in Motions to Reopen

                12/13/17 Screening of “Marshall” at Second Circuit – must RSVP by Dec. 11

                12/14/17 Immigration Accompaniment Training

                2/8/17 Basic Immigration Law 2018

                2/9/17 Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2018

                4/30/17 Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California 2018 (Free)

 

ImmProf

 

Monday, November 27, 2017

         Immigration Reforms in Spending Bill?

         ICE’s Courthouse Arrests Undercut Democracy

         RIP U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson (1923-2017)

Sunday, November 26, 2017

         10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century

         Fear of Trump crackdown haunts undocumented immigrants

         Immigrant of the Day: Actress Eiza Gonzalez (Mexico)

Saturday, November 25, 2017

         #GiveMateoBack TWITTERSTORM

         Agreement to Return Rohingya Refugees to Myanmar is Questioned

         Victor Moses: From Asylum-Seeking Orphan to Soccer Star

         President Trump Offered Time's Man of the Year Honors?

         Trump Is Sending America's Immigration Problem to Canada? Officials Brace for an Influx of Haitians

Friday, November 24, 2017

         Immigrant of the Day: Denis Estimon (Haiti)

         DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.

         Four Decades of Cross-Mediterranean Undocumented Migration to Europe

         Immigration Article of the Day: State Level Dream Acts and Latino Responsiveness by Mikaila Leyva

Thursday, November 23, 2017

         Happy Thanksgiving!

         Casablanca on its 75th Anniversary

         Immigration Article of the Day: Taking Care of the Rule of Law by David S. Rubenstein

         Happy Thanksgiving! The First Immigrant Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

         Minnesotans Divided on Immigration

         Immigration Policy Under President Trump: Reducing the Number of Noncitizens -- Legal and Undocumented -- in the US

         How L.A. Mariachi Helped Make One of Blondie’s Biggest Hits

         Kate Steinle case goes to the jury

         Immigration Article of the Day: State-Created Immigration Climates and Domestic Migration by Van H. Pham and Huyen Pham

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

         Border Wedding

         Butterfly Story Collective Podcast: stories of immigration and immigrant experience

         From the Bookshelves: The Law of the United States-Mexico Border: A Casebook by Peter L. Reich

         The Trump Administration at Work? DHS inspector general: Travel-ban confusion led agents to violate court order

         The "Sanctuary" Battle Continues: Court Permanently Enjoins Exectutive Order Sanctuary Provisions

         Immigration Article of the Day: Providing Sanctuary or Fostering Crime? A Review of the Research on 'Sanctuary Cities' and Crime by Daniel E. Martinez , Ricardo Martinez-Schuldt, and Guillermo Cantor

         TPS for Haitians to End

Monday, November 20, 2017

         ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up Immigrants

         CNMI Indictment Highlights Lure of Birth Tourism

         From the Bookshelves: In the Midst of Winter: A Novel by Isabel Allende

         Myanmar Leader blames world conflicts on illegal immigration

 

 

AILA NEWS UPDATE

 

http://www.aila.org/advo-media/news/clips

 

Daily Immigration News Clips – November 22, 2017

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on November 22, 2017

National

Associated Press 2 Virginia men sue over Trump's immigration changes

Associated Press Activists File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Immigration Changes

Washington Post Lawsuit argues 'dreamers' unfairly lost chance to renew legal statusBy Rachel Weiner

PRI A study found that DACA improved mental health for its recipients. Which is why researchers worry about the end of the program.By Tiziana Rinaldi

Daily Beast Feds Plan Nationwide Operation Targeting Food Service Chain Over Undocumented WorkersBy Betsy Woodruff

Buzzfeed ICE Says It Separated Immigrant Father From Infant Son Because He Couldn't Prove RelationshipBy Adolfo Flores

Washington Times Feds have 43 pregnant illegal immigrant girls in custody, as immigration and abortion fights collideBy Stephen Dinan

McClatchy Kobach: Trump failed 'big test' on immigration with HaitiBy Franco Ordonez

HiuffPost Trump Administration Is Sending Haitians Back To A Country Still Mired In DisasterBy Sarah Ruiz-Grossman

Reuters Haitians in U.S. malign Trump decision to send them back homeBy Daniel Trotta

Reuters U.S. border officials violated court orders on travel ban: watchdogBy Yeganeh Torbati

Washington Post DHS inspector general: Travel-ban confusion led agents to violate court orderBy Devlin Barrett and Carol D. Leonnig

The Hill Trump admin asks Supreme Court to block Maryland court's travel ban orderBy Lydia Wheeler

The Hill Hawaii has week to respond to Trump request to reinstate full travel ban: courtBy Lydia Wheeler

Associated Press Judge Orders Hearings for Teens Detained as Gang Suspects

Associated Press Judge's Ruling Doesn't End Legal Fight Over Sanctuary Cities

New York Times How Trump's Hands-Off Approach to Policing Is Frustrating Some ChiefsBy Steve Eder, Ben Protess and Shaila Dewan

Washington Post How Trump is building a border wall that no one can seeBy Maria Sacchetti and Nick Miroff

Wired Tech as we know it would not exist without immigrantsBy Alexis Sobel Fitts

Washington Post (Editorial) Jeff Sessions keeps waging his failing war against sanctuary cities

Washington Post (Editorial) The United States torments its poorest neighbor

Washington Post (Opinion) Thanksgiving is an annual reminder of America's refugee originsBy Ishaan Tharoor

Washington Post (Op-ed) Abject cruelty: Deporting 60,000 Haitians

The Atlantic (Opinion) The Nationalist's DelusionBy Adam Serwer

Huff Post (Op-ed) Trump Expels Tens of Thousands of Haitians In Another Step Toward Ethnic CleansingBy Deepak Bhargava and Kica Matos

National Review (Op-ed) Let's Settle the Legality of DACA NowBy Josh Blackman

Local

Associated Press (California) The Latest: Defense Wraps Up in San Francisco Pier Killing

Associated Press (California) Jurors Weigh San Francisco Pier Killing 2 Years After Death

Reuters (Massachusetts) MS-13 Gang Leader in Massachusetts Convicted of Racketeering

Salt Lake Tribune Utah DACA supporters push for new legislation for DreamersBy Christopher Smart and Mariah Noble

Los Angeles Times Judge restores DACA status for L.A. immigrant busted while giving teen a ride to border areaBy Hailey Branson-Potts

Dallas Morning News Path to citizenship right for Dreamers and the economy, Texas business leaders sayBy Dianne Solis

KSAT DACA ad campaign targets Rep. Will Hurd, others in CongressBy Jessie Degollado

KERA News With Immigration Hot, Here's A Republican And Democrat Backing Dream LegislationBy Bill Zeeble

WTOP Va. 'Dreamers' sue to reapply to stay in USBy Kate Ryan

Nevada Independent (Nevada) ACLU sues to block proposed anti-sanctuary cities ballot measureBy Michelle Rindels and Megan Messerly

WHYY DOJ gives funding advantage to cities cooperating with immigration authoritiesBy Joe Hernandez

Knox News Hotels leave the light on for immigrants, as Tennessee hospitality industry showsBy Getahn Ward

Chicago Tribune Immigrant who sought sanctuary at Chicago church files civil rights lawsuitBy Nereida Moreno

Cleveland.com East Cleveland agrees to report arrests of undocumented immigrants in exchange for federal moneyBy Evan MacDonald

News5 Cleveland Painesville mother denied stay of removal, deported to one of the most dangerous cities in MexicoBy Bretton Keenan

Augusta Free Press Groups condemn Trump administration decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 50,000 Haitians

Palm Beach Post Haitians, government workers union protest TPS decision in West PalmBy Matt Morgan

Sun Sentinel End of immigration status for many Haitians sparks protest near Mar-a-LagoBy Mike Clary and Adam Sacasa

New York Daily News Rally set for Queens couple facing dangerous Colombia deportationBy Erin Durkin

Miami Herald (Opinion) Ms. Sanders, I'm thankful that Trump wasn't president when I came to this countryBy Fabiola Santiago

East County Magazine (Op-ed) Reader's Editorial: Cruel and Indiscriminate Deportations of Californian Dads Will Leave Far Too Many American Families with Empty Seats at ThanksgivingBy Frank Sharry

 

Daily Immigration News Clips – November 21, 2017

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on November 21, 2017

National

Scripps Immigration judges defy a higher court, trapping hundreds behind barsBy Mark Greenblatt

Washington Post DHS inspector general: Travel-ban confusion led agents to violate court orderBy Devlin Barrett and Carolin Leonnig

Politico Watchdog says Homeland Security bottling up travel ban reportBy Josh Gerstein, Ted Hesson, and Seung Min Kim

Vox Trump to 59,000 Haitians: you have 18 months to pack your bagsBy Dara Lind

The Hill DHS ends temporary residency program for 60K HaitiansBy Rafael Bernal

Associated Press Almost 60,000 Haitians allowed to stay in US only until 2019By Luis Alonso Lugo

New York Times Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for HaitiansBy Miriam jordan

Wall Street Journal Trump Administration Ends Humanitarian Protections for HaitiansBy Alicia A. Caldwell and Arian Campo-Flores

Washington Post Trump administration to end provisional residency protection for 60,000 HaitiansBy Karen DeYoung and Nick Miroff

Politico Homeland Security ends protected status for Haitians with an 18-month delayBy Ted Hesson

NPR U.S. Cancels Program For Recent Haitian Immigrants; They Must Leave By 2019By Leila Fadel

Los Angeles Times Trump administration plans to end protected status for about 60,000 Haitian immigrantsBy Joseph Tanfani

NBC Trump administration to end 'temporary protected status' for HaitiansBy Julia Ainsley and Daniella Silva

Buzzfeed Nearly 60,000 Haitians To Lose Deportation Protections, Will Get 18 Months To LeaveBy Adolfo Flores

Associated Press Activists plan lawsuit challenging Trump immigration changes

Politico Congress speeds toward shutdown over DreamersBy Rachael Bade and Heather Caygle

The Hill Congress barreling toward explosive immigration fightBy Mike Lillis

Associated Press Judge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities orderBy Sudhin Thanawala

Reuters Judge in California Blocks Trump's Order on Sanctuary Cities

Wall Street Journal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump Order on Sanctuary CitiesBy Alicia Caldwell

Washington Post Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order on denying funding to sanctuary citiesBy Eli Rosenberg

The Hill Federal judge rules Trump defunding sanctuary cities 'unconstitutional on its face'By Olivia Beavers

Associated Press Judge: Detention Center Must Rework Asylum-Seekers' Parole

Reuters White House Asks Supreme Court to Allow Full Travel Ban

Politico Trump administration takes travel ban back to Supreme CourtBy Josh Gerstein

New York Times Border Agent's Death Highlights Growing Risk of Remote PatrolsBy Caitlin Dickerson

Washington Post A Border Patrol agent is dead in Texas, but the circumstances remain murkyBy Robert Moore, Lindsey Bever and Nick Miroff

The Nation ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up ImmigrantsBy Julianne Hing

Buzzfeed The Justice Department Just Announced Millions Of Dollars For Police Who Promise To Report Undocumented ImmigrantsBy Dominic Holden

The Hill Sessions offers $98M in grants to hire more police officersBy Lydia Wheeler

Bustle The DOJ Is Awarding Nearly $100 Million To Police Departments That Follow Its Anti-Immigration AgendaBy Monica Hunter-Hart

Washington Post (Opinion) Federal court rules that Trump's executive order targeting sanctuary cities is unconstitutionalBy Ilya Somin

New York Magazine (Opinion) Jeff Sessions, the JokesterBy Cristian Farias

Huff Post (Op-ed) Why Won't Senator Portman Come Clean About His Position On DACA And Ohio's Dreamers?By Jose Camacho

Huff Post (Op-ed) Immigrants Will Be Served A Side Dish of Fear During This Year's Thanksgiving DinnerBy Kenia Calderon

The Hill (Op-ed) Asylum-seeking children need alternative to dangerous border crossingBy Nolan Rappaport

The Hill (Op-ed) By rejecting GOP congressman, Hispanic Caucus rejects civilityBy Raul Reyes

Local

San Antonio Express News Immigrant with amputated leg who alleged mistreatment in detention releasedBy Jason Buch

News5 Cleveland Stay of deportation request denied for woman living in Cleveland Heights churchBy Tara Molina

MassLive Dominican man sentenced to federal prison, deportation for returning to U.S. after previous deportationBy Stephanie Barry

Hartford Courant Stamford Mother's Stay Of Deportation DeniedBy Nicolas Rondinone

ChapelBoro The Hill Chapel Hill Town Council Unanimously Supports Continuing Refugee ProtectionsBy Daniela OCampo

New York Times Police on Long Island Are Working Illegally With ICE, Suit SaysBy Liz Robbins

Bustle Will Congress Renew DACA? New Jersey Dreamers Are Going On A Hunger Strike To Get Lawmakers' AttentionBy Courtney Vinopal

King5 Tacoma Dreamer pursues second degree amid Dream Act uncertaintyBy Jenna Hanchard

NJ Advance Media (New Jersey) Why are immigration cases in N.J. being heard by judges in Puerto Rico?By Ted Sherman

Sacramento Bee (California) Here's how a Trump-backed bill to slash legal immigration could affect SacramentoBy Phillip Reese

Cincinnati.com (Ohio) Cincinnati sidesteps immigration fight with feds to win police grantBy Mark Curnutte

San Francisco Chroncile (Op-ed) Mejia deportation case raises the question: What kind of society are we?By Salvatore Cordileone

 

Daily Immigration News Clips – November 20, 2017

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on November 20, 2017

National

Wall Street Journal Trump Administration Tightens Scrutiny of Skilled Worker Visa ApplicantsBy Laura Meckler

San Francisco Chronicle Trump administration starts push to officially rescind 'startup visa' ruleBy Trisha Thadani

San Francisco Chronicle Trump administration has plans to wipe out work permits for H-1B spousesBy Trisha Thadani

Washington Post For Latino Democrats, fight for 'dreamers' underscores tense relationship with John KellyBy Ed O'Keefe

The Hill Latino Dems grow frustrated with Kelly amid 'Dreamers' debate: reportBy Olivia Beavers

Politico DACA backers move to avert Supreme Court fight over recordsBy Josh Gerstein

The Hill Trump to take fight over DACA documents to Supreme CourtBy Max Greenwood

Los Angeles Times DACA negotiations slow as Trump demands more than Democrats will giveBy Brian Bennett

CNN DACA deal state of playBy Tal Kopan

CNN Who is covered by DACA? Teachers, caregivers and moreBy Parija Kavilanz

The Hill 19 immigration protestors arrested outside Ryan's officeBy Avery Anapol

Buzzfeed Immigrant Father Says Immigration Agents Took His Infant Son And Won't Tell Him Where He IsBy Adolfo Flores

CBS Inside ICE's controversial crackdown on MS-13

The Guardian Daughter of Haitians, 10, urges Trump to extend families' protected statusBy Richard Luscombe

Associated Press Democrats Press Homeland Security Pick on Immigration Issues

Wall Street Journal Trump Administration Ramps Up Dispute With Local Governments Over Sanctuary PoliciesBy Alicia Caldwell and Alejandro Lazo

Wall Street Journal U.S. Border Patrol Agent Dies From Injuries Sustained While On Patrol in Texas

Associated Press (Texas) Border agent dies after being injured in Texas

Washington Post Along the U.S. border with Mexico, a gate briefly opened and a couple wedBy Samantha Schmidt

Washington Post Hate crimes reports are soaring - but we still don't know how many people are victimizedBy Abigail Hauslohner

Washington Post Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women?By Maura Judkis and Emily Heil

San Antonio Express News LATINO VOTEBy Bill Lambrecht

Las Vegas Review Journal In Las Vegas and U.S., undocumented bear brunt of health care gapBy Jessie Bekker

Arizona Republic Steve Bannon credits himself, Border Patrol agent's death for Trump victory

Newsweek TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION REFORM HAS MADE IT SO THE U.S. DOESN'T NEED A BORDER WALLBy Nicole Rodriguez

Associated Press (California) Closing arguments set for San Francisco pier killingBy Janie HAr

New York Times (Editorial) Let the Haitians Stay

Washington Post (Editorial) The Gillespie campaign's real 'malpractice'

Winston Salem Journal (Editorial) Protect the Dreamers

Orlando Sentinel (Editorial) Deporting 50,000 Haitians would hurt both Haiti and the United States

Gainesville Sun (Editorial) Don't tear apart families of immigrants

Miami Herald (Op-ed) 'Extend TPS for Haitians in the United States'By Marco Rubio

Washington Post (Op-ed) A year into Trump's presidency, Christians are facing a spiritual reckoningBy Jim Wallis

Washington Post (Opinion) No deportation to Jordan for woman who seems at risk of honor killing (for premarital pregnancy)By Eugene Volokh

Sun Sentinel (Op-ed) Helping 'Dreamers' should be first step toward immigration reformBy Aileen Joseph

Bloomberg (Op-ed) Why Mexico Might Elect Its Own Populist to Face Trump: QuickTakeBy Nacha Cattan

The Hill (Op-ed) The visa lottery and chain migration both give Americans the shaftBy Dale Wilcox

Local

Las Vegas Review Journal Asylum denied in most Las Vegas immigration court cases

KATU (Oregon) Immigration process tears local family apart for more than 40 yearsBy Catherine Van

Associated Press (Indiana) Official: Prison Company Eyes Site for ICE Detention Center

New York Times His Daughter Graduates. He Faces Deportation.

Buffalo News Deported after trying to do the right thing for more than two decadesBy Phil Fairbanks

Jefferson Public Radio (Oregon) Oregon Democrats Ask DOJ To Not Withhold Law Enforcement MoneyBy Conrad Wilson

Politifact End of immigration protection won't lead to the big GDP loss that Castro claimsBy Miriam Valverde

South Florida Caribbean News Sen. Bill Nelson calls on DHS to Extend TPS for Haitians

Post Independent Woman takes sanctuary against deportation in CarbondaleBy Ryan Summerlin

Hartford Courant Stamford Mother Faces Deportation MondayBy Kathleen McWilliams

Dayton Daily News Englewood mom of disabled boy gets deportation date: Nov. 27By Josh Sweigart

Arizona Republic Arizona DACA recipient among Forbes' 30 Under 30 classBy Kaila White

Reading Eagle They came home here as childrenBy Sarah Hansen

City Beat Beyond DreamingBy Nick Swartsell

Del Mar Times Solana Beach declares support for its DACA residentsBy Sebastian Montes

KOAT Dozens of people march for immigration reform in downtown AlbuquerqueBy Kay Dimanche

11Alive (Op-ed) In Thanksgiving spirit, keep DACA Dreamers at the family tableBy Serene Jones and Arnold Eisen

WLRN (Opinion) O Marco, Where Art Thou? What Happened To Senator Rubio's DREAM Devotion?By Tim Padgett