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AG Garland Gives Immigration Judges Back Authority to Administratively Close Cases

Posted on July 28, 2021 by sethlerner1964

Attorney General (AG) Garland ruled that, while rulemaking proceeds and except when a court of appeals has held otherwise, immigration judges and the BIA should apply the standard for administrative closure set out in Avetisyan and W—Y—U—. AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson welcomed “this return to a more effective and efficient immigration court system,” but also noted that “the necessity of this decision only underscores the need for a truly independent immigration court system.”

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LexisNexis signs massive contract with ICE to give personal information.

Posted on April 26, 2021 by sethlerner1964

LexisNexis signed a $16.8 million contract to provide ICE with personal information on immigrants. The contract comes less than two years after the company claimed it was “not working with [ICE] to build data infrastructure to assist their efforts.” Mijente, a Latinx advocacy organization, shared LexisNexis’ Feb. 25 ICE contract revealing the company would provide DHS investigators access to billions of records that contain personal data from public and private sources. These sources include credit history, bankruptcy records, license plate image and cellular subscriber information.

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