Posted on February 24, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Department of Justice indicated in a February 16, 2017 court filing that President Trump intends to rescind the January 27, 2017 Executive Order and issue a new order in its place. DOJ urged the court to “hold its consideration of the case until the President issues the new Order,” and the Ninth Circuit subsequently issued an order staying en banc proceedings, pending further order of the court. In a February 16, 2017 news conference, President Trump also stated that he plans to issue a new Executive Order on immigration next week to “protect our country.”
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Posted on February 1, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In response to Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO), attorneys and advocacy groups across the country filed lawsuits in federal court this weekend on behalf of petitioners who were denied entry to the United States pursuant to the EO. First, a court in New York issued a nationwide, emergency stay of removal preventing deportation for individuals with valid visas and approved refugee applications affected by the EO. Going a bit further, a court in Massachusetts barred federal officials from detaining or removing individuals subject to the EO. Also, a court in Virginia ordered federal officials to provide lawyers access to “all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport,” and barred officials from deporting covered individuals for the next seven days. Finally, a court in Washington State barred the government from deporting two unnamed individuals from the United States.
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Posted on February 1, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A broad range of voices, including government officials, academic institutions, faith leaders, and civil rights groups, have expressed their opposition to President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order targeting Muslims and refugees. Notably, consular officials, Foreign Service Officers, and members of the Civil Service released a dissent memo. In addition, former cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, diplomats, military service members, and intelligence community professionals sent a letter to DHS Secretary John Kelly and other government officials opposing the EO.
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Posted on February 1, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Yesterday, the American Immigration Council, along with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, arguing that Section 3 of the EO violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law and INA §202(a)(1), which expressly provides for the non-discriminatory issuance of immigrant visas.
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Posted on February 1, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
As reported in today’s Immigration Politics Ticker, last night President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, after she ordered DOJ not to defend Trump’s Executive Order (EO) barring foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries and refugees against legal challenges. Trump replaced Yates with Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who will serve as acting Attorney General until the Attorney General nominee is confirmed. Also last night, President Trump appointed Thomas D. Homan as acting ICE Director, to replace acting ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale.
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Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
President Trump signed three presidential directives today, one of which places a hiring freeze on non-military federal workers. At this time, it is unclear how the announced hiring freeze will affect the hiring of immigration judges. Trump did not take any action today regarding NAFTA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
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Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
President Donald Trump signed a total of five orders today pertaining to environmental issues. The orders addressed advancing the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, as well as actions to expedite environmental reviews for high priority projects.
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Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
President Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order, Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals, that would suspend the issuance of visas and other immigration benefits to nationals of “countries of particular concern,” stop refugee admissions for 120 days, add requirements for screenings and procedures for all immigration benefits, halt Syrian refugee processing indefinitely, and suspend the visa interview waiver program, among other things.
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Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Today, President Trump issued the first in a series of Executive Orders on border security and immigration enforcement. Among other items, the President announced that he would order DHS to construct a southern border wall, increase the size of the enforcement agencies, and require that states and localities engage in immigration enforcement to supplement federal efforts.
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Posted on December 21, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Reuters reports that on Monday leaders of both houses of California’s legislature introduced two bills to protect undocumented immigrants in the state from efforts to deport them once President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2017. One measure would set up a fund to pay for lawyers for immigrants facing deportation. The other would train criminal defense attorneys in immigration law. “Immigrants are a part of California’s history, our culture, and our society,” stated Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. “We are telling the next administration and Congress: If you want to get to them, you have to go through us.”
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