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http://ow.ly/uITFq The Associated Press reports that after a meeting with Latino lawmakers late last night, President Obama announced that he is directing Jeh Johnson, Secretary of DHS, to review America’s deportation program, with an eye toward making it more humane

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http://ow.ly/uANxq Reuters reports that hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Tacoma, WA, have gone on hunger strike to demand better conditions at the facility and an end to U.S. deportations.

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DHS released several existing use-of-force policies today, including the 2004 departmentaluse-of-force policy, the 2004 ICE use-of-force policy, and a redacted 2010 CBP Use of Force Policy Handbook. It also released a March 7, 2014 memorandum from Michael Fisher, Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, clarifying existing CBP policies on its use of safe tactics and techniques.

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Attorney Brian D Lerner: How to get back to the U.S. after a deportation – YouTube http://ow.ly/uyOkh

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http://ow.ly/uwWFb Another win for the Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner:
DHS agreed to admin close when they had previously denied our request. Client came to our office in 2005 with 3 family members after they had been picked up by border patrol and used as material witnesses a federal case against their smuggler (they never actually testified, defendant pled and they were placed in proceedings). Some of NTAs for this family were never filed with the court and Client’s NTA was filed 4 years later in 2009. Client has been in the U.S. since 2005 and her only child is 21 and born in the US. Her husband’s case was terminated for reinstatement purposes.

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The Second Circuit granted the petition for review and remanded to permit the BIA to make a precedential ruling on whether a duress exception to the material support bar is implicit in INA §212(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI), and (a)(3)(B)(i)(I). The BIA and IJ had found that the petitioner, a Kurdish citizen of Turkey, gave food and clothing to individuals he knew or should have known were terrorists associated with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party.

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Attorney Brian D Lerner: E-2 Investment Visa and how to come to the U.S. and run your own business – YouTube http://ow.ly/uwJWS

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http://ow.ly/uwDr6 The Boston Globe reports that yesterday, a state official urged lawmakers in Massachusetts to grant driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, arguing that the legislation would ensure public safety and generate millions of dollars in state revenue.

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