Tag: DEPORTATION
More Bad News for Newly Arrived Children
Last week I wrote about a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the administrative appeals court for immigration cases, that created a...
Child Refugees and the Problem of the Rocket Docket
The arrival of Central American children at the border provoked a political crisis in Washington. The children represent only a percentage of the undocumented...
The Matter of S-E-G- and Child Refugees, Part II: The Ruling
Last week I wrote about a leading case decided by the top immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), on the issue of...
The Matter of S-E-G- and Child Refugees, Part I: The Facts
The children who have arrived in the United States from Central America are beginning to receive their court dates. Although they are refugees from...
Suffolk County Breaks ICE’s Hold, Stops Honoring Immigration Detainer
Long Islanders today congratulated Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco for his decision to end his department’s, which oversees Suffolk Correctional Facilities, cooperation with Federal...
The Folly of Delaying Executive Action
President Barack Obama’s decision to postpone issuing an executive order on immigration reform has been seen as a betrayal by many immigrants. The two...
House Votes to End DACA for DREAMers
The House of Representatives could not get their act together to even write an immigration reform bill this year, but they had no trouble...
LI Immigrants Ask Obama for Bold Action on Immigration
At a rally in Westbury Tuesday night, dozens of immigrant families and advocates called on President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to...
VIDEO: U.S. Needs to Stand Up and Do the Right Thing
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sonia Nazario was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart recently to talk about child refugees fleeing violence in Central America....
Fund to Offer Restitution to Victims of Fraudulent Immigration Group
Ed Juarez and his bogus International Immigrants Foundation (IIF) will finally pay for the harm they have caused New York and Long Island immigrants.
The...