Posted on November 3, 2021 by sethlerner1964
The DOJ and DOL settlement agreements with Facebook regarding its use of PERM. Facebook will pay a civil penalty of $4.75 million, pay up to $9.5 million to eligible victims, and train its employees on the anti-discrimination requirements of the INA.
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Posted on November 3, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Posted on July 1, 2021 by sethlerner1964
An internal memo revealed that the DOJ has repealed a policy put in place during the Trump administration that cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Cities, counties, and states that were recipients of the department’s popular $250 million annual grant program for local law enforcement, will no longer be required to cooperate with ICE as a condition of their funding. Maureen Henneberg, who leads the DOJ’s grant-making decisions, ordered staff to take down any pending DOJ grant applications with similar strings attached and start the process over again.
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Posted on February 12, 2021 by sethlerner1964
James McHenry, a Trump appointee, announced via memo that he will step down from his position as head of EOIR effective Sunday, Jan 31. First appointed in May 2017, McHenry started leading on a permanent basis in January 2018. His tenure allowed him to play a key role in restricting immigration judges’ ability to grant asylum, as well as their discretion to close cases and suspend deportation proceedings for certain immigrants. His office also joined DHS in issuing several rules that narrowed asylum eligibility. McHenry will remain at the DOJ as the chief administrative hearing officer. Jean King, who currently serves as the chief administrative law judge, will take his place as the head of the immigration court system on Sunday.
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Posted on January 24, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Politico features an article about a recently released report by the DOJ Office of Inspector General that found that then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and top DOJ officials moved forward with a “zero tolerance” immigration policy in 2018, aware that it would forcibly split up families, and were unprepared for the impact. Sessions’s office was a “driving force” in pushing DHS to begin referring adults who entered the United States without authorization with children to be prosecuted by DOJ.
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Posted on December 23, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
the DOJ finalized substantial changes to the process for immigration appeals. The rule will limit the ability of immigration appellate judges to hear cases on their own accord, impose a time limit on appeals, and create a mechanism for lower immigration judges to seek reversal of appellate judges at the BIA by petitioning a political DOJ appointee – mainly, the director of EOIR. Immigration attorneys will also have a harder time preparing responses to the government because opposing briefs will largely have to be filed at the same time, upending the traditional motion-and-reply structure.
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Posted on December 2, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A Nov. 2 agency decision ruled that immigration judges are “management officials” who cannot unionize. This ruling dismantling the immigration judges’ union has left judges more vulnerable to political influences. However, with numerous priorities competing in D.C., proponents still face slim odds in the fight to establish an independent immigration court system. Those in favor of establishing an independent immigration court system say the decision threatens judicial fairness and ignores the problems with housing a court system in the DOJ.
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Posted on August 7, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On July 31, immigration lawyers in New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the DOJ, seeking to keep them from having to physically appear in court during the pandemic. Immigration courts recently began having hearings for non-detained immigrants again, even as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the U.S. The New Jersey chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association argues that video conferencing should be used for immigration court, just as it is used for other federal and state courts at this time.
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Posted on May 11, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
CNN reports that the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General is reviewing the Trump administration’s decision to keep the nation’s immigration courts open while COVID-19 swept through the United States. EOIR came under criticism from immigration judges, attorneys, and ICE prosecutors for proceeding with immigration hearings despite social distancing guidelines and shelter-in-place orders
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The ACLU sued the DOJ in early 2019, arguing that after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the FBI wrongfully hid information on whether the government has social media surveillance records. Because acknowledging the use of social media surveillance would not reveal specific means of surveillance nor risk national security, Judge Chen ruled against the government, saying this should have been included in the information release. Several other agencies, including USCIS, ICE, and the State Department, have also acknowledged using social media surveillance. The ACLU emphasized that it is important to know the extent and capability of government surveillance, since being unable to speak freely harms immigrants and people of color in particular.
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