Posted on September 8, 2021 by sethlerner1964
A federal judge in Arizona settled a lawsuit filed against DHS and CBP, saying the agencies failed to study potential harms to the environment from increased enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border. The judge sided with the Center for Biological Diversity and AZ’s Rep. Raul Grijalva in the lawsuit they filed in 2017. Brian Segee, the center’s legal director for endangered species, said the decision is “a win for wildlife and communities along the border,” and now hopes the Biden administration will look more into what enforcement can do to protect borderland flora and fauna.
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Posted on May 13, 2021 by sethlerner1964
DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced that a handful of migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the U.S. this week. The four families will be the first to be reunified through a task force that was created by President Biden shortly after taking office in January. The families came from Honduras and Mexico, and some had been separated as far back as 2017. The executive director of the family reunification task force, longtime human rights advocate Michelle Brané, said the parents would be given temporary permission to enter the U.S. through a process known as humanitarian parole. Immigrant advocates welcomed the announcement, but expressed frustration at the slow pace of reunification.
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Posted on March 2, 2021 by sethlerner1964
lawyers working to reunite immigrant parents and children separated by the Trump administration reported that they have found the parents of 105 children in the past month. The committee of pro-bono lawyers and advocates working on reunification said it had yet to find the parents of 506 children, down from 611 on Jan. 14, the last time it reported data to a federal judge overseeing the process. The lawyers said the parents of about 322 of the 506 children are believed to have been deported, making it more difficult to find them. The Biden administration recently formed a task force that will be responsible for finding and reuniting the families. DOJ lawyers said they expect the task force to resolve most outstanding issues.
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS had proposed a rule to expand biometrics at the border, including requiring facial recognition screening of all travelers to include U.S. citizens. On Thursday, DHS retreated from the idea, saying it has no plans to expand facial recognition to U.S. citizens. Privacy experts questioned the accuracy of facial recognition in general and have concerns that such an expansive system is susceptible to hacks or improper use of data. In response, DHS has decreased the amount of time it will retain photos from 14 days to 12 hours. Facial recognition is currently used in more than a dozen U.S. airports.
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Posted on November 25, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on November 12 to compel the government to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specifically, EFF is looking for information on “the number of individuals whose DNA had been collected, the accuracy of DNA matches, and the exact gene processing used to identify parent-child relationships.” The DNA testing used by the government claims to have results within 90 minutes, which has raised some questions on accuracy. Additionally, though the government claims that the DNA tests are voluntary based on consent forms, EFF has concerns about coercion. According to EFF, the consent forms claim that refusing a DNA test can result in family separation. Right now, the lawsuit is only about getting information under FOIA.
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Posted on November 25, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Trump administration is planning on using eminent domain to acquire private land in Texas to use for the border wall. On Thursday, the government sent Right of Entry letters to dozens of landowners informing them that it will be surveying the land. The owners must sign the letters for the government to be able to come onto the land, but if they don’t sign, the matter will be escalated to the DOJ to get court-ordered access. Acting CBP Commissioner Morgan stated that he is aware there will likely be litigation over the land acquisition, but thinks that the government is “on track” to get the 450 miles for the wall.
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Posted on November 19, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
69,550 children were held in detention in 2019, a number higher than any other country. The U.S. has acknowledged detaining children is psychologically harmful, but increased the number of detained children by 42% between just 2018 and 2019. Because the federal government was aware of the risks of family detention when it implemented it, on November 5 a federal judge ordered the government to provide mental health screenings and treatment to families who were separated and are now traumatized.
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Posted on November 19, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on November 12 to compel the government to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specifically, EFF is looking for information on “the number of individuals whose DNA had been collected, the accuracy of DNA matches, and the exact gene processing used to identify parent-child relationships.” The DNA testing used by the government claims to have results within 90 minutes, which has raised some questions on accuracy. Additionally, though the government claims that the DNA tests are voluntary based on consent forms, EFF has concerns about coercion. According to EFF, the consent forms claim that refusing a DNA test can result in family separation. For now, the lawsuit is only about getting information about the testing under FOIA.
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Posted on May 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Associated Press reports that DHS officials considered arresting thousands of migrant families who had final deportation orders and removing them from the United States in a flashy show of force. The proposal was intended to deter other migrants but was put aside at the time because of concerns about diverting resources from the border, a lack of detention space, and the possibility of renewed public outrage over treatment of families.
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Posted on February 12, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Hill reports that a coalition of civil liberties and immigration groups have raised concerns with congressional leadership about border technologies proposed as part of the bipartisan and bicameral negotiations to reach a border deal by February 15 to avoid another shutdown. According to the groups, surveillance drones, license plate readers, and DNA testing could raise serious privacy concerns for those crossing the border and living in border cities, while “risk-based targeting” and biometrics technologies could result in racial profiling and harm vulnerable communities.
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