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ICE eService for OCC

On Monday, August 21, 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) eService will become available in the ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) New York City Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) area of responsibility. See attached brochure, which describes what can be served electronically. To request access to ICE eService, please visit eserviceregistration.ice.gov.

ACLU Class Action Suit Charges that Efforts to Detain and Deport Children are Based on Unfounded Gang Allegations

Attorneys representing immigrant children and their families sued Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) today for using unsubstantiated claims of gang affiliation to illegally detain teenagers in jail-like facilities in California.

National Conference of State Legislatures Issues Report on Increase in State Immigration Legislation

Enacted legislation related to immigration increased in the first half of 2017 by 90 percent to 133 laws compared with 70 laws in 2016. The number of resolutions increased by 22 percent to 195 from 159. Lawmakers in 47 states enacted 133 laws and 195 resolutions related to immigration, for a total of 328. An additional nine bills were vetoed by governors and 18 are pending signatures. Trends 2017: Sanctuary policies, Refugees, Education/civics, Education/in-state tuition.

For-Profit Private Prison Operator Tells Investors that ICE Will Improve Company Earnings

“While in the past, ICE processing centers have been primarily utilized for individuals detained for multiple illegally border crossings, increasingly, ICE intends to utilize contract bed capacity for interior enforcement.”

ICE Investigating Families

Catholic Charities: It seems that ICE and HSI are getting contact information for families from minors at the border and are going on a fishing expedition to get evidence of immigration and criminal violations. The first wave is taking action against people with immigration violations--arresting and detaining household members with outstanding removal orders, issuing NTA (but also sometimes detaining) those who are undocumented. There will likely be a second wave of using smuggling inadmissibility charges to limit the relief that these immigrants can receive. The third wave will be criminally prosecuting people on federal charges of alien smuggling (which is a crime and carries 5 years of jail time). CLINIC and NYIC and others are tracking these encounters. You may want to report to them. This is what we are telling people contacted by HSI and ICE:

1. Talking to them is completely voluntary. They have not issued a subpoena and you are not obligated to go to a meeting or answer your door. They may show up at your house; you do not have to let them in.

2. You have a right to consult with a lawyer before you talk to them. You have a right to have a lawyer present during any conversations with them.

3. 5th Amendment. If you talk to them, what you say can and will be used against you in a deportation case and a criminal case. They are looking for evidence to use against you.

4. Smuggling is a crime. (We usually walk then through the statute). It includes paying for but also just arranging and planning for someone to enter the U.S. It doesn't matter why you did this or how sympathetic the story is. If you admit to this crime, you can be prosecuted and put in jail. It is also an immigration violation which can be used against you if you apply for status now as a defense from deportation or any time in the future .

CALLS TO ACTION

8/15/17 Defend DACA and TPS Rally at Trump Tower

RESOURCES

New York Practice Advisory When Does Fingerprinting Put Your Client At Risk With Ice? (NYCLU & IDP) - This advisory explains when the

submission of fingerprints to DCJS can put your noncitizen clients at risk of arrest and deportation by ICE. It applies to all submissions of fingerprints to DCJS for the purpose of generating a rap sheet including requests made in connection to a Family Court proceedings, applications to become a foster care parent, new arrests, personal record reviews, and job or professional license applications. The urgency of this issue became apparent early this year when ICE agents arrested a father at his home after DCJS shared his home address with ICE. DCJS provided this information after the father had submitted fingerprints to the agency in connection with a guardianship proceeding in Suffolk County Family Court.

Immigration Court Practitioner’s Guide Responding To Inappropriate Immigration Judge Conduct - This guide is intended to provide practitioners with information about the range of options available when inappropriate IJ conduct occurs, including filing an administrative complaint with the agency where the immigration court is housed, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which is part of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Offer in Compromise for Clients with Tax Debt – From LAS: When someone has a significant IRS debt that they'll never be able to pay off even with a payment plan (e.g. due to permanent disability) there is something they can file called an "offer in compromise." When I first heard this phrase I assumed whatever compromise IRS would accept would still be more than my client could afford, but the IRS may actually accept a very tiny payment. The LAS tax clinic helped my disabled client with $18,500+ in tax debt to file an offer in compromise. IRS accepted a payment of $25 (!!!). There are additional terms relating to filing future taxes and what would happen with any refunds.

TRAC's New Web Tool Maps Cases Pending in Immigration Court

AILA Podcast: Does Prosecutorial Discretion Still Exist?

GOVERNMENT 4th Circuit Shrugs Off Violation Of Refugee’s Due Process Rights — Mejia V. Sessions (Immigration Courtside) “Calla Mejia warns that our interpretation of § 1252(b)(1) contravenes the REAL ID Act and effectively “abolish[es] review of all underlying orders in reinstatement,” thereby raising “‘serious constitutional problems’”—namely, Suspension Clause concerns.12 Pet’r’s Opp’n to

Resp’t’s Mot. to Dismiss, at 12, 17 (quoting INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289, 300 (2001)). Not so. Rather, we think it more than feasible that an individual removed to her home country could illegally re-enter the United States, have the original removal order reinstated by DHS, and petition for review—all within a month’s time.”

SPLC Issues Letter with Serious Concerns Regarding Stewart Immigration Court

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sent a letter to EOIR on the conduct of immigration judges and court personnel at the Stewart Immigration Court that break the rules of professional conduct and violate the due process of detainees. Letter includes recommendations and corrective measures. AILA Doc. No. 17080930

EOIR Releases Data on Orders of Removal, Voluntary Departures, and Final DecisionsEOIR released limited data from 2/1/17 through 7/31/17 on orders of removal, voluntary departure, and final decisions. Total orders of removal are up 27.8% from the same time period in 2016. Notice notes that DOJ has hired 54 additional immigration judges since President Trump took office. AILA Doc. No. 17080835 ICE Announcements of Enforcement ActionsICE announced the arrest of 32 convicted sexual predators during a 10-day period, in Long Island, NY in an enforcement effort dubbed “Operation SOAR” (Sex Offender Alien Removal). The foreign nationals arrested will be processed administratively for removal from the United States. AILA Doc. No. 17041232 CBP Guidance Regarding Implementation of EO 13769 Travel Ban Obtained Via FOIADocuments and field guidance, obtained via FOIA, relating to the implementation of the travel ban provisions of Executive Order 13769, signed by President Trump on January 27, 2017, including communications between CBP and field staff. AILA Doc. No. 17080807 Facial Recognition

CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Technology to Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport

CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Technology to Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport

CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Technology to Chicago O’Hare International Airport

CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Technology to Washington Dulles International Airport

EVENTS

8/15/17 Defend DACA and TPS Rally at Trump Tower

8/22/17 Representing Stateless Persons Before U.S. Immigration Authorities: A Legal Practice Resource from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR)

8/22/17 The Perfect Plea Bargain: What Defense Counsel Wants You to Know AILA

8/23/17 T and U visas and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) – USCIS webinar

8/24/17 FTCA and Other Civil Rights Claims - Immigration Enforcement & Damages Actions (Free) PLI

8/28/17 Best Practices Before the Asylum Office

8/29/17 Waivers of the Joint Filing Requirement in I-751 Cases AILA

8/30/17 Opioid Overdose Prevention” workshop

9/9/17 Varian Fry: Commemoration & Symposium – A series of panels, music, and art at Green-Wood Cemetery to commemorate the life of Varian Fry, who saved hundreds of intellectuals and artists from Nazi-occupied France. (Full disclosure, I helped organize this.)

9/22/17 Queering Immigration Conference

9/23/17 AILA Citizenship Day - a single-day workshop with sites around the country providing assistance to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalization. The AILA-NY Chapter will again partner with CUNY Citizenship Now.

10/2/17 Strategies for Addressing Immigration Questions for In House Attorneys

10/3/17 Whither Immigration? New Directions in Research and Policy in an Era of Nationalism - C enter for Migration Studies 2017 Academic & Policy Symposium

10/17/17 The NYIC's 30th Anniversary Gala

10/30/17 Immigration Panel for Artists

ImmProf

Monday, August 14, 2017

A Conversation about Immigration

Trump Rhetoric Pits New Immigrants Against African Americans and Latinos

Immigration Article of the Day: The Unreviewable Executive? National Security and the Limits of Plenary Power by Shawn Fields

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Hard Choices for Immigrants in the Heartland

Immigration Law Professors Defend Legal Authority for DACA in Letter to President Trump

Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement? Trump Administration Accused Of Falsely Saying Immigrant Teens Have Gang Ties

APNewsBreak: Grandmother in travel ban flap arrives in US

Your Playlist: Madonna's Borderline

Immigration Article of the Day: Zone of Nondeference: Chevron and Deportation for a Crime by Rebecca Sharpless

Saturday, August 12, 2017

CLINIC: Immigration Court Practitioner's Guide to Responding to Inappropriate Immigration Judge Conduct

Janet Napolitano: Congress has the power — and the responsibility — to protect the ‘dreamers’

Alt-Right Rally at UVA: One chant heard -- "blood and soil" and "one people, one nation, end immigration"

From The Bookshelves: Dave Barry's Insane City

Immigration Article of the Day: Crimmigration: The Missing Piece of Criminal Justice Reform by Yolanda Vázquez

Friday, August 11, 2017

The Anti-Wall Texas Republican Congressman

National Immigration Project Job Posting: Senior Staff Attorney

Seen in San Francisco: Graffiti Art of Lady Liberty Under Arrest

US Senator Decries Impacts of Trump Deportation Policies

Statue of Liberty (and Jennifer Lawrence) Make the Cover of Vogue

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law: The Takings Clause and the Border Wall

The RAISE Act: Effect on Economic Growth and Jobs

Sikhs in America: A History of Hate

Immigration Article of the Day: Local Immigration Enforcement and Arrests of the Hispanic Population by Michael Coon

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Deliberate Drowning of Migrants in Yemen

Challenging Bias in Employment Recruitments

New Administration, New Policy, Pack your Bags: Undocumented Indian Immigrant Checks in with ICE, is Detained, and Released Awaiting Removal

Three-Year-Old Immigrant Child Released After Two Years of Detention

Death on the Border: Report Shows that border deaths are on the rise

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A Summary of the the Supreme Court's Stay Order in the "Travel Ban" Case by Sara Ehsani-Nia, Law Student

When Asylum Meets National Security

Family Immigration Has Growing Support

Farmworkers Strike After Worker Dies

New Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law

Residents in Three Out of Four Counties in U.S. Now Before Immigration Court

EOIR Claims that "Return to Rule of Law in Trump Administration Marked by Increase in Key Immigration Statistics "

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Immigration files on George Harrison and The Concert for Bangladesh

Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: President Trump, Continue and Defend DACA!

Technology, Innovation, and the American Dream: New Study Finds H-1B Visas Benefit US

Trouble at a High-Desert Immigration Lockup

Chicago Sues Over Sanctuary City Threat; Sessions Fires Back

Report on State Immigration Laws

Food for Thought: Hector Tobar on "Avoiding the Trap of Immigration Porn"

Monday, August 7, 2017

Trump Would Not Qualify Under His Proposed Immigration Point System

Real-o-thetical: Mar-A-Lago & H-2B Workers

NY Times Editorial Board: "Trump Embraces a Senseless Immigration Proposal"

The Real History of American Immigration Trump's break with tradition may be good or bad, but it's definitely different.

AILA NEWS UPDATE

Daily Immigration News Clips – August 11, 2017

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 11, 2017.

National

CNN Trump immigration plan to cost 4.6 million jobs, Ivy League study findsBy Patrick Gillespie and Tal Kopan

The Atlantic Trump's Immigration Agenda Makes a Fundamental MiscalculationBy Ronald Brownstein

Vice News "Now Everybody is a Target"By Taylor Dolven

New York Times What Crime Victims Think About Trump's Criminal Justice AgendaBy Timothy Williams

Washington Post Trump is deporting fewer immigrants than Obama, including criminalsBy Maria Sacchetti

Vox Fewer immigrants are being deported under Trump than under ObamaBy Dara Lind

The Hill Feinstein: Trump immigration policies 'cruel and arbitrary'By Josh Delk

Foreign Policy Immigration Bill Would Ramp Up Mass Surveillance at the BorderBy Jenna McLaughlin and Kavitha Surana

The Hill New GOP immigration bill would drastically increase border surveillance: reportBy Brandon Carter

Reuters Quebec Border Camp Swells With Asylum Seekers From U.S., Many HaitianBy Anna Mehler Paperny

New York Times A Surge of Migrants Crossing Into Quebec Tests Canada's WelcomeBy Dan Levin

Buzzfeed It's Really Happening: People Are Fleeing The US Because Of TrumpBy Ross Troup Buchanan

Reuters U.S. Judge Deals Blow to Texas' 'Sanctuary City' LawBy Jon Herskovitz

CNN Texas wanted a judge to pre-emptively approve its anti-sanctuary city law. It didn't workBy Lauren Kent

Huffington Post Judge Tosses Texas Request To Declare Anti-Sanctuary Law ConstitutionalBy Roque Planas

Dallas Morning News Cornyn's new push against sanctuary cities could put him at odds with some Texas mayorsBy Tom Benning

Associated Press NAFTA negotiations could mark end of era for Mexican exportsBy Mark Stevenson

Reuters Defense Secretary Mattis Sees Growth for Silicon Valley Defense UnitBy Dustin Volz

Washington Post Border wall hits close to homeBy Elise Viebeck, Videos by Bastien Inzaurralde, Portraits by Matt McClain

Wall Street Journal Do Businesses Need Foreign Workers? Martha's Vineyard Is Finding OutBy Laura Meckler

Politico Trump administration closing civil rights cases at an increased rateBy Benjamin Wermund

The Hill Rahm goes national with Trump feudBy Mike Lillis

The Advocate (Editorial) Move carefully on immigration

Washington Post (Letter to the Editor) A few important facts to consider on immigrationBy Chris Morehouse

Washington Post (Op-Ed) Ed Gillespie: 'The American Dream is About Opportunity' | Campaign 2017By Ed Gillespie

Washington Post (Opinion) Think millennials are woke? A new poll suggests some are still sleeping on racism.By Nicole Lewis

Washington Post (Op-Ed) Instead of building a big, beautiful wall, we should rethink our idea of bordersBy Keren Weitzberg

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump's 'unhinged' presidency, perfectly captured in two sentencesBy Greg Sargent

Rolling Stone (Opinion) Trump Proves It: GOP's Immigration Stance Was Never About the Rule of LawBy Joshua Holland

The Hill (Op-Ed) Congress' chance to do right by America's youthBy VINCENT SCHIRALDI AND MARC SCHINDLER

Baltimore Sun (Op-Ed) Bishops: anti-immigrant sentiment a test of our faithBy William Gohl Jr., Eugene Taylor Sutton, and Chilton Knudsen

Waco Tribune-Herald (Op-Ed) Time to rally for 'Dreamers' for viable U.S. worforce, stronger societyBy Kevin Brackmeyer

Local

Los Angeles Times Immigration appeals court throws out deportation order for man detained by ICE after dropping daughter off at schoolBy Adnrea Castillo

The Californian Immigration, labor shortage among agriculture industry's top concernsBy Amy Wu

ABC 7 Spike in Chicago immigration arrests, deportationsBy Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel

MLive Ann Arbor restaurant refused kitchen entry to ICE agents, owner saysBy Jessica Haynes

Sacramento Bee Reuniting families has driven U.S. immigration. What would ending that mean for Californians?By Hannah Knowles

Sacramento Bee Undocumented immigrant back home from ICE detention, but faces deportation in 3 monthsBy Anita Chabria

San Diego Union Tribune Woman says immigration agent pulled gun on her on freewayBy Lyndsay Winkley

San Antonio Current Fake Cards Appear in San Antonio, Offering $100 to Anyone Who Reports Undocumented Immigrants to ICEBy Alex Zielinski

New York Daily News Undocumented immigrant who ID'd killers in Brooklyn murder cases to be released despite opposition from fedsBy James Fanelli

WOSU Councilwoman Brown Meets With Immigration Leaders About Risk Of DACA RepealBy Esther Honig

KUOW With A DACA Summer Job, A Bumper Crop Of WorryBy Esmy Jimenez

New Haven Register DACA recipients, supporters gather in cityBy Claire Dignan

The Blaze College offers special workshops, events for freshman DreamersBy Beth Baumann

Associated Press (Texas) Texas cuts aid to 'colonias' after years of offering helpBy Paul J. Weber

Washington Post (Virginia) Another poll gives Northam a slight edge over Gillespie in Va. governor's raceBy Fenit Nirappil

Washington Post (Virginia) No summer break: Candidates hit the airwaves in Virginia's race for governor.By Gregory S. Schneider

Denver Post (Editorial) Trump was right to let Dreamers stay; Congress should, too

El Paso Times (Editorial) An abominable immigration plan

Aurora Sentinel (Editorial) Trump immigration reform plan ensures everyone loses

San Francisco Chronicle (Opinion) Immigration proposal a loss for families and AmericaBy Vanessa Hua

Buffalo News (New York, Opinion) Viewpoints: Immigration policy threatens area's transformation to a knowledge-based economyBy Paul Tesluk


Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 10, 2017

National

TIME Immigration Raids Are Sweeping Up More People Who Weren't TargetsBy Tessa Berenson

CBS Where Americans stand on immigrationBy Jennifer De Pinto

The Hill House to take up spending bills, then budgetBy Niv Elis

Associated Press Judge won't give Texas 'sanctuary city' ban early blessingBy Paul J. Weber

Huffington Post Judge Tosses Texas Request To Declare Anti-Sanctuary Law ConstitutionalBy Roque Planas

Texas Tribune Judge dismisses Paxton lawsuit over "sanctuary cities" lawBy Julian Aguilar

Houston Chronicle Federal judge tosses Paxton's preemptive SB4 lawsuitBy Andrea Zelinski

Austin American Statesman AG Ken Paxton's suit against Austin over 'sanctuary cities' ban dismissedBy Philip Jankowski

Los Angeles Times California sheriffs and Gov. Jerry Brown in talks over possible changes to 'sanctuary state' legislationBy Jazmine Ulloa

LA Weekly California Readies for Clash With Trump Over Immigration - and It Has a Special ToolBy Jason McGahan

Mercury News In California, 'sanctuary state' and other immigration bills face surprising oppositionBy Katy Murphy

Associated Press Back road to hope: Migrants flood Canada at remote outpostBy Wilson Ring

Reuters Canada to Set Up Border Camp as Number of Asylum Seekers SwellsBy Allison Lampert

Associated Press US colleges help foreign students wary of traveling homeBy Kantele Franko

The Intercept Documents Reveal the Behind-the-Scenes Chaos of the Muslim BanBy Cora Currier

Associated Press Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio Says He Isn't Seeking Trump's Pardon

New York Times The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon ValleyBy Kevin Roose

Washington Post Trump said the Australians were 'worse than I am' on immigration. A suicide may prove his point.By Max Bearak

Washington Post Trump takes issue with McConnell's accusation that he had 'excessive expectations' for CongressBy John Wagner

Politico Trump friend Tom Barrack said to be in talks to become ambassador to MexicoBy Josh Dawsey

The Hill Poll: Voters support Trump-backed immigration billBy Robin Eberhardt

Washington Post (Editorial) Ideology trumps crime-fighting at Sessions's Justice Department

Grand Island Independent (Editorial) Immigrants an important part of labor force

Fox News (Opinion) Trump's new immigration plan is so narrowly written that even a Nobel Prize winner could have trouble coming hereBy William Stock

Washington Post (Opinion) Kelly cannot treat Trump like a normal presidentBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) Why the GOP might kill the filibuster after allBy Charles Lane

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump administration says solving opioid crisis is 'an absolute priority,' but it hasn't done much about it so far By Nicole Lewis

Washington Post (Opinion) Republicans aren't getting a warm welcome at homeBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Op-Ed) In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed itBy Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes

Washington Post (Opinion) President Trump's claim that low-skilled immigration placed 'substantial pressure' on U.S. workersBy Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Washington Post (Opinion) The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yetBy Dana Milbank

Washington Post (Op-Ed) What is the Trump administration's greatest accomplishment to date?By Daniel W.Drezner

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump's immigration vision isn't the Reagan wayBy Marc Thiessen

Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed) How Trump Won, in Two DimensionsBy F.H. Buckley

USA Today (Op-Ed) Immigrant families make America greatBy Ali Noorani

Los Angeles Times (Opinion) Gov. Brown is right about the 'sanctuary state' bill: Protect law-abiders and help boot the bad guysBy George Skelton

The Hill (Op-Ed) It's time to stop Trump's deportation machineBy Kica Matos

The Hill (Op-Ed) The GOP civil war will have no winners, only casualtiesBy Eric Ham

The Hill (Op-Ed) What ever happened to mass incarceration reform?By Former Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD)

The Tennessean (Op-Ed) Trump's travel ban and rhetoric damages the countryBy Wade Munday

The Tennessean (Op-Ed) President Trump can protect Tennessee's DACA recipientsBy Zacnite Vargas

Forbes (Opinion) Building Success: This Is How Immigration, Entrepreneurship And Education ConnectBy Robyn Shulman

Brides.com (Opinion) How Trump's Travel Ban Is Affecting HoneymoonsBy Lea Rose Emery

Local

San Francisco Chronicle Deportation order splits Oakland family and highlights shift under TrumpBy Hamed Aleaziz

New York Times (New York) 644,000 Old Warrants Scrapped for Crimes Like Public DrinkingBy James C. McKinley Jr.

Sacramento Bee Yuba City father detained for deportation during regular ICE check-inBy Anita Chabria

San Diego Union-Tribune ICE in San Diego on pace to deport fewer people than last year, most without a criminal recordBy Greg Moran

Associated Press Immigrant Mom to Stay in US While Child Treated for Cancer

ABC 7 Immigration hearing set for Roselle, NJ, father of 4 facing deportation

Hartford Courant Deportation Orders Spike Under TrumpBy Edmund H. Mahony

Denver Post Top political leaders rally on behalf of Colorado's 17,000 DACA recipients as program faces possible legal challengeBy Jesse Paul

Fox 31 Colorado leaders defend DACA as potential lawsuit loomsBy Joe St. George

Yakima Herald Yakima City Council will vote on sending DACA support letter to President TrumpBy Kaitlin Bain

Associated Press (Louisiana) Judge blocks law requiring birth certificates to marryBy Michael Kunzelman

New York Times (California) Democratic Fight in California Is a Warning for the National PartyBy Adam Nagourney

New York Times (Maryland) Maryland City May Let Noncitizens Vote, a Proposal With PrecedentBy Maggie Astor

Washington Post (Maryland) College Park postpones decision on allowing noncitizens to voteBy Rachel Chason

Washington Post (Virginia) Much-lampooned ultrasound bill revived in race for Va. lieutenant governorBy Laura Vozzella

Washington Post (Virginia) Another poll gives Northam a slight edge over Gillespie in Va. governor's raceBy Fenit Nirappil



National

Cronkite News Despite more judges, immigration courts backlog grows to record highBy Megan Janetsky

Politico Trump deportations lag behind Obama levelsBy Ted Hesson

Washington Post Deportation orders up under Trump, fewer prevail in immigration courtBy Maria Sacchetti

Wall Street Journal Arrests at Southern Border Rise for Third-Straight MonthBy Alicia A. Caldwell

Fortune California Crops Rot as Immigration Crackdown Creates Farmworker ShortageBy Chris Morris

Buzzfeed Detainees Are Being Moved To A Private Detention Center That's Been Called "Hell"By John Stanton

Washington Times Donald Trump's illegal immigration numbers show major changesBy Andrea Noble and Stephen Dinan

NBC Chicago Sues to Remain a 'Sanctuary City' and Avoid the PastBy Jon Schuppe

Wall Street Journal Westchester County Debates Protections for Its Illegal ImmigrantsBy Joseph De Avila

Washington Post Los Angeles wants city contractors to disclose ties to Trump's border wall along MexicoBy Kyle Swenson

Los Angeles Times L.A. wants to know if city contractors are helping build Mexico border wallBy Emily Alpert Reyes

Associated Press Officials: 'No foreigners' sale sign violates civil rights

Associated Press Honduran mom, son freed from center housing immigrants in US

Associated Press A US back road is route to hope in Canada for many migrantsBy Wilson Ring

Associated Press US citizen wrongly held on immigration detainer to get $35KBy Michelle R. Smith

Associated Press GOP insurgents claim Trump mantle, spell trouble for partyBy Erica Werner, Thomas Beaumont and Julie Bykowicz

New York Times The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon ValleyBy Nick Wingfield

New York Times What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American IdentityBy Jay Caspian King

New York Times He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is HomeBy Brett Sokol

Washington Post John Kelly is an apolitical force in a White House divided by ideologyBy Robert Costa and Philip Rucker

Politico Poll: Voters support Trump-backed immigration billBy Steven Shepard

Wall Street Journal (Editorial) Would You Like a Job?

USA Today (Editorial) Immigration proposal has merit but still is DOA

Mercury News (Editorial) Trump's immigration reform is an insult to our ancestors and a peril to America's future

Monitor (Editorial) Wrong approach to immigration that doesn't consider RGV economic needs

New York Times (Opinion) The Danger From Low-Skilled Immigrants: Not Having ThemBy Eduardo Porter

New York Times (Opinion) Sorry, Mike Pence, You're DoomedBy Frank Bruni

New York Times (Op-Ed) Immigrating to Trump's America? Philosophers Need Not ApplyBy Carol Hay

New York Times (Opinion) Democrats, Start Aiming for the GutBy Thomas L. Friedman

Washington Post (Opinion) The GOP's challenge in VirginiaBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) Anti-immigrant Louisiana marriage law struck down by U.S. courtBy Catherine Rampell

Washington Post (Opinion) This brutal new poll shows that Trump's safe space is shrinkingBy Greg Sargent

Washington Post (Opinion) There are 7 million unemployed and 6.2 million job openings. What's the problem?By Heather Long

Washington Post (Opinion) Why Steve Bannon isn't going anywhereBy Jonathan Capehart

Washington Post (Op-Ed) Here's a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley 'stole' Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 electionBy Paul von Hippel

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump rages at leaks. But they could be our only hope for getting at the truth.By Sarah Posner

Washington Post (Opinion) Younger evangelicals give us reason for hopeBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Op-Ed) Harvard's discrimination against Asian Americans must endBy Edward Blum

Boston Globe (Opinion) Trump tries to divide and conquer communities of colorBy Renee Graham

VICE (Opinion) Police Brutality and Deportation Won't Stop the Deadly MS-13 GangBy Michael Edison Hayden

The Hill (Op-Ed) Trump-backed immigration plan targets people who don't fit his vision of AmericaBy Nana Afua Y. Brantuo

The Hill (Op-Ed) Trump's rhetoric and bluster could lose US an ally in MexicoBy Raoul Lowery Contreras

The Hill (Op-Ed) The Constitution trumps the presidentBy Re. Sheila Jackson Lee

Business Journals (Op-Ed) How immigrants, regardless of socioeconomic status, are driving American businessBy Stan Silverman

Local

Alabama.com Immigration transformed this rural Alabama town; the principal fought to keep the school togetherBy Anna Claire Vollers

LA Times 'We don't feel OK here': Detainee deaths, suicide attempts and hunger strikes plague California immigration facilityBy Paloma Esquivel

Associated Press Immigrant receives church sanctuary to avoid deportation

Detroit Free Press Ann Arbor immigrant mom loses fight to avoid deportation to MexicoBy Niraj Warikoo

KPCC Immigrant dad gets an emergency stay from deportation

Courant Community 2nd Immigrant Seeks Sanctuary From Deportation In New Haven ChurchBy Matt Ormseth

WSHU Hundreds Attend Vigil For Norwalk Mother Facing Deportation To South KoreaBy Cassandra Basler

CBS Los Angeles Pastor And Father Of 2 Faces Deportation For Illegal Crossing In 1990s

WSB-TV Man faces deportation after leaving puppy in hot car, police sayBy Tony Thomas

News 12 Norwalk mother faces deportation to South Korea

WTNH Washington state city to vote on sanctuary city status

Farmington Daily Times City manager says sanctuary city listing has not hurt AztecBy Hannah Grover

Los Angeles Daily News LA leaders want city contractors to reveal ties to Trump's border wallBy Elizabeth Chou

LAist L.A. Wants Contractors To Disclose If They're Working On Border WallBy Julia Wick

LA Weekly An L.A. DREAMer's Solo Show About Living Under the Threat of Trump Delivers Nail-Biting SuspenseBy Bill Raden

Associated Press (Georgia) Legal group files complaint about Georgia immigration judges

Associated Press (Florida) Immigrant groups urge Florida GOP lawmakers to oppose Trump

New York Times (New York) Tensions Flare as Cuomo Confronts Democratic RiftBy Shane Goldmacher

Washington Post (Maryland) College Park, Md., debates whether non-citizens should be able to voteBy Rachel Chason

Wall Street Journal (Nevada) Nevada Senator Faces Challenge in 2018 GOP Senate PrimaryBy Janet Hook

The Hill (Nevada) Sen. Heller draws GOP primary challenger in NevadaBy Max Greenwood

Associated Press (Nevada) Nevada Senator Faces Pro-Trump Challenge in GOP Primary


Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 8, 2017.

National

Reuters Check Your Math, Central Banker Says: Less Immigration Equals Less GrowthBy Ann Saphir

TIME Find Out If President Trump Would Let You Immigrate to AmericaBy Lisa Marie Segarra and David Johnson

Miami Herald Marco Rubio says Trump-sponsored immigration bill is "not going to pass"By Alex Daugherty

The Hill Rubio: Trump-backed immigration bill won't pass SenateBy Jordain Carney

Washington Times Democrats turn against immigration point system when Trump gives supportBy Stephen Dinan

Columbus Dispatch Temporary worker visas up while Trump seeks immigration limitBy Danae King

NBC Meetings Planned Across Connecticut to Support DACA StudentsAugust 07, 2017

CNN A storm is brewing for DACA this SeptemberBy Tal Kopan

Buzzfeed The ACLU Is Investigating Whether States Are Colluding With Sessions To End DACABy Adolfo Flores

Lincoln Journal Star ACLU files DACA open records request with attorney generalBy Don Walton

Associated Press Chicago sues over sanctuary city threat; Sessions fires backBy Michael Tarm and Sophia Tareen

Reuters Chicago Sues Trump Administration Over Sanctuary City PlanBy Mike Weinraub

New York Times Sessions Scolds Chicago for Suing Over 'Sanctuary Cities' ThreatBy Mitch Smith

Politico Sessions blasts Rahm Emanuel over sanctuary suitBy Josh Gerstein

The Hill Trump administration will no longer treat Miami as 'sanctuary city'By Rafael Bernal

The Hill Sessions rips 'culture of lawlessness' in ChicagoBy Rafael Bernal

The Independent Chicago sues Trump administration for withholding funds from sanctuary citiesBy Emily Shugerman

New York Times Ras Baraka: Immigrants Living in Fear

New York Times Police Chief on Immigration Crackdown

Boston Globe Most focus on Trump's border wall. John Oliver focuses on his border agent hiring planBy Jaclyn Reiss

The Intercept AROUND MAR-A-LAGO, NO DEPORTATION EXEMPTION FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERSBy Maryam Saleh

VICE Dad granted last-minute deportation reprieve after daughter filmed his arrestBy Taylor Dolven

Hartford Courant ICE Accused of Using Children To Arrest Undocumented ParentsBy Gregory B. Hladky

Associated Press Trump looks to loyal voters as support slips, agenda stallsBy Julie Pace and Laurie Kellman

New York Times Despite polling, Trump says his base is 'stronger than ever'By Peter Baker

Washington Post 'Apply by fax': Before it can hire foreign workers, Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club advertises at home - brieflyBy David A. Fahrenthold and Lori Rozsa

Washington Post Trump says his political base is 'stronger than ever' despite polling to the contraryBy John Wagner

Wall Street Journal Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown, More Mexicans Get Visas to Work in U.S.By Robbie Whelan

The Hill Trump spurs wave of state immigration lawsBy Reid Wilson

CNN States taking more of a lead on immigration, citing federal inactionBy Tal Kopan

New York Times States Have Already Passed Almost Twice as Many Immigration Laws as Last YearBy Niraj Chokshi

The Hill Pelosi: Trump's first 200 days 'nothing but broken promises and failed leadership'By Brandon Carter

The Hill Minnesota residents waiting for Trump to address mosque attackBy Mallory Shelbourne

CNN On average, 9 mosques have been targeted every month this yearBy Nancy Coleman

Huffington Post The Ironworker Challenging Paul Ryan Sees Path To Victory Through Working PeopleBy Daniel Marans

Roanoke Times Goodlatte and House Judiciary Committee leading Trump's call for immigration reformBy Carmen Forman

Spectrum News For minority within minority, bathroom bill and SB4 prompt oppositionBy Jeff Stensland

Boston Globe (Editorial) TRUMP'S CYCLE OF LIES

NorthJersey.com (Editorial) Treat immigration detainess like human beings

Bloomberg (Op-Ed) The Past, Present and Future of U.S. ImmigrationBy Justin Fox

Wall Street Journal (Opinion) Have a Heart, Mr. President, and Defend These Immigrants in CourtBy Jeh Charles Johnson

New York Times (Op-Ed) Trafficking in Immigration PornBy Hector Tobar

New York Times (Opinion) Right and Left React to the Justice Dept.'s Moves on Affirmative ActionBy Anna Dubenko

New York Times (Op-Ed) The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a MinorityBy Lynn Vavreck

Washington Post (Opinion) Ups and downsBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) A painting of Lady Liberty in hijab hangs in congressman's office. Despite protests, he says it'll stay.By Samantha Schmidt

Washington Post (Opinion) Fact-checking the Stephen Miller-Jim Acosta exchange on immigrationBy Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Washington Post (Opinion) What a Republican anti-Trump agenda should look likeBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) As Mueller closes in, Trump prepares his base for the worstBy Greg Sargent

Washington Post (Opinion) Are we seeing a thaw in our polarized politics?By Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) Chicago files suit against Justice Department policy targeting sanctuary citiesBy Ilya Somin

Wall Street Journal (Opinion) Immigration Anxieties, Then and NowBy Walter Russell Mead

Boston Globe (Opinion) In a Malden classroom, a lesson on immigrationBy Yvonne Abraham

The Atlantic (Opinion) How the White House's Immigration Reforms Might BackfireBy Tom Gjelten

Politico (Opinion) Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: So You Want to Be President ...By Bill Scher

The Hill (Op-Ed) White House policies have sanctioned discrimination and targeted South Asians, ArabsBy Suman Raghunathan

The Hill (Op-Ed) The real reason why Trump should fire Jeff SessionsBy Shermichael Singleton

The Hill (Op-Ed) So, can the president obstruct justice - or can't he?By Ilan Wurman

USA Today (LTE) Young immigrants need protectionBy Juan Carlos Cerda and Jaime Rangel

Local

NBC 4 Connecticut Father Facing Deportation Working to StayBy Kristen Johnson

Wall Street Journal Connecticut Officials Seek Reprieve for Man Facing DeportationBy Joseph De Avila

CNN California pastor caught in immigration enforcement netBy Kyang Lah

NBC 4 Shortage of farm workers leaving entire fields in California, other states to rot

Patch.com Highland Park Man In Controversial ICE Arrested Gets Reprieve From DeportationBy Paige Austin

Westword Disagreement in Denver Over How Much to Limit Cooperation With ICEBy Chris Walker

Los Angeles Times Deportation put on hold for man detained by ICE after dropping daughter off at L.A. schoolBy Joel Rubin and Andrea Castillo

Post and Courier (South Carolina) ACLU seeking documents on immigration correspondence between South Carolina and fedsBy Schuyler Kropf

Washington Post (Virginia) Virginia drafts new plan to hold struggling schools accountableBy Moriah Balingit

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) Immigration bills resurface in Wisconsin Legislature as opponents eye worker walkoutsBy Lillian Price

ABC 7 (New York) Immigrant Protection Act approved in Westchester CountyBy N.J. Burkett

Boston Globe (Op-Ed) Gov. Baker's immigration bill would cast a wide net for ICEBy Eva Millona and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal



National

NPR Does Data Back Trump Administration Plan To Cut Legal Immigration In Half?By Stacey Vanek Smith

New York Times At Statue of Liberty, Words That Resonate Even if They're UnfamiliarBy Elizabeth Tarbell

The Hill Trump triggers debate on impact of immigrantsBy Niv Elis

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel House Speaker Paul Ryan casts doubt on President Donald Trump's plan to cut legal immigrationBy Mary Spicuzza and Jason Stein

NPR Immigrant Advocates Prepare For Threats Against DACA ProgramBy Vanessa Romo

Reuters Immigrants Denied Credit by Wells Fargo May Sue Bank, Judge SaysBy Alexia Garamfalvi and Steve Orlofsky

Associated Press Chicago to Sue US Justice Department Over Funding Threat

Reuters Chicago to Sue Trump Administration Over Sanctuary City Funding ThreatBy Chris Kenning

Wall Street Journal 'Sanctuary City' Chicago to File Suit Against Trump AdministrationBy Valerie Bauerlien

Politico California governor endorses potential 'sanctuary cities' lawsuitBy Brent D. Griffiths

The Hill DOJ warns the media could be targeted in crackdown on leaksBy Jonathan Easley

Reuters Yemenis, Iranians Sue U.S. State Department, Ask for Visas to Be ProcessedBy Riham Alkousaa

The Hill Civil rights groups sue State over visasBy Lydia Wheeler

Mother Jones Will Texas' Immigration Crackdown Spark the Latino Uprising Democrats Have Been Waiting For?By Tim Murphy

San Antonio Current Newest Immigration Law Could Cost Texas $13 Billion, Report FindsBy Sierra Juarez

NBC Grandmother Deported for Voter Fraud Leaves U.S. in TearsBy GABE GUTIERREZ and RICH GARDELLA

Los Angeles Times Deportation looms for man arrested while dropping daughter off at L.A. schoolBy Andrea Castillo

Salt Lake Tribune Utah man detained and deported to Samoa, leaving family wondering whyBy Tiffany Frandsen

CBS 4 Young cancer fighter could lose mother in new battleBy Claudia Tristan

Westword The Clock Is Ticking for DREAMers Like Denver Native LaLo MontoyaBy David O. Williams

Associated Press Trump seeks communications chief, but he has final wordBy Jonathan Lemire

Associated Press FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosqueBy Jack Shafer

Associated Press Starbucks denies rumor of discounts for immigrants

Reuters Trump Eyes Top Policy Aide for Communications Director Role: OfficialBy Valerie Volcovici

New York Times Children's Authors Take On the Refugee CrisisBy Alexandra Alter

New York Times What Trump Says About Immigration

New York Times When Foreign Companies Are Making, Not Killing, U.S. JobsBy Patricia Cohen

New York Times A Flawed Asylum System in Mexico, Strained Further by U.S. ChangesBy Kirk Semple

New York Times They're Building a Trump-Centric Movement. But Don't Call It Trumpism.By Jeremy W. Peters

Washington Post Trump's new chief of staff did work for company with federal contractsBy Drew Harwell

Washington Post Trump's border wall would slice through wildlife refuges and cut off U.S. territory in TexasBy Darryl Fears

Washington Post 'You are not going to let that word hurt you': Procter & Gamble ad taking on racism is met with praise - and outrageBy Tara Bahrampour

Washington Post Trump adviser Stephen Miller could expand White House role, but talks remain informalBy Robert Costa

Wall Street Journal Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an AppointmentBy Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus

Wall Street Journal Kushners' Partner in China Draws Scrutiny Over U.S. Visa ProgramBy James T. Areddy

Vox In the key 2018 battlegrounds, Trump's support is as high as everBy Jeff Guo

Buzzfeed PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon Banned A Bunch Of People Associated With The Alt-Right. Here's Why.By Blake Montgomery

The Hill White House warns 'potentially ambitious' Republicans about 2020By Julia Manchester

The Hill Stephen Miller considered for White House communication director job: reportBy Max Greenwood

New York Times (Editorial) Trump Embraces a Senseless Immigration Proposal

New York Times (Editorial) What's the Deal, Mr. Trump?

New York Times (Editorial) Hometown Boy Doesn't Make GoodAugust 04, 2017

Washington Post (Editorial) After six months of accomplishing nothing, can Congress pivot?

Wall Street Journal (Editorial) How to Increase Illegal Immigration

New York Times (Op-Ed) Ignorant Immigration ReformBy David J. Bier

New York Times (Opinion) Let's Make a Wall DealBy Gail Collins

New York Times (Op-Ed) Why Trump Supporters Distrust Immigration and DiversityBy Frederick R. Lynch

New York Times (Op-Ed) Being a Refugee Isn't a Fashion StatementBy Tariro Mzezewa

New York Times (Op-Ed) An Elusive Immigration CompromiseBy Ross Douthat

New York Times (Op-Ed) The Policies of White ResentmentBy Carol Anderson

New York Times (Opinion) Jeff Sessions, UnboundBy David Leonhardt

New York Times (Opinion) Trump's Travel Ban Means Hope for Ammar's FamilyBy JAKE HALPERN and MICHAEL SLOAN

New York Times (Op-Ed) The Meaning of 'Despacito' in the Age of TrumpBy Moises Velasquez-Manoff

New York Times (Op-Ed) No Sanctuary for the Immigration LawyerBy Francis X. Clines

Washington Post (Opinion) The White House claim that 1 in 4 Americans in prime working age aren't employedBy Glenn Kessler

Washington Post (Opinion) Why immigration proposal would have barred best teacher in AmericaBy Jay Mathews

Washington Post (Opinion) Why a nation is not like a house or a club - and why the difference matters for debates over immigrationBy Ilya Somin

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump and immigration exclusionists undermine economic goalsBy Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Op-Ed) U.S. universities draw the brightest minds from across the world. Let's stop sending them home after they graduate. By Peter McPherson

Washington Post (Opinion) Why we can't have a rational conversation about immigrationBy Kathleen Parker

Washington Post (Opinion) Black people aren't keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are.By Christine Emba

Washington Post (Opinion) She was born on July Fourth to undocumented parents. Even now, they refuse to cower.By Michael E. Miller

Washington Post (Opinion) Some of those hot-button issues of the Trump-backed immigration bill aren't so controversial to the publicBy Emily Gaskin

Washington Post (Opinion) American citizen wrongly detained by immigration officers for three years won't be compensatedBy Radley Balko

Washington Post (Opinion) How can Kelly tell Trump the truth when his entire presidency is built on lies?By Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post (Opinion) 'Give me your huddled MBAs': Stephen Colbert's alternative poem for the Statue of LibertyBy Callum Borchers

Washington Post (Opinion) Trump's reverse Midas touchBy Aaron Blake

Washington Post (LTE) These stories would not be possible under the Trump-endorsed immigration billBy Jan Selbo

Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed) There's No Such Thing as an 'Illiberal'By Yoram Hazony

Rolling Stone (Opinion) Trump Rejects the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe FreeBy Jesse Berney

Salon (Opinion) A radical new approach to the immigration "problem": Beyond left and right, Trumpism and neoliberalismBy Anis Shivani

The Hill (Op-Ed) Hey Trump, Lady Liberty's promise actually matters to immigration lawBy Ryan J. Suto

The Hill (Op-Ed) Homeland Security Dept. is too important to leave without a leaderBy IRWIN REDLENER AND JEFF SCHLEGELMILCH

The Week (Opinion) The left's immigration problemBy Damon Linker

Local

Cronkite News (Arizona) DHS may not have capacity to hire 15,000 officers Trump promisedBy Brianna Stearns

Tallahassee Democrat 'Merit-based' proposal causes a stir among local immigrantsBy Nada Hassanein

Los Angeles Times Proposal to limit legal immigration ripples through Somali families in San DiegoBy John Wilkens

Associated Press Meetings Planned Across Connecticut to Support DACA Students

WLRN (Florida) Ralliers from District 26 to Rep. Curbelo: Protect Our Healthcare!By Allison Light

WFAA (Texas) TEXAS SHRIMPERS SAY AMERICANS ARE QUITTING MIGRANT JOBS THAT ARE 'TOO HARD'By Oscar Margain

WTOP Gaithersburg graduate bound for college on soccer scholarship deportedBy Kate Ryan

KRWG (Op-Ed) SB4 Is Already Damaging Public Safety in Texas

Akron Beacon Journal (Editorial) They don't take our jobs

Cleveland Plain Dealer (Editorial) Other viewpoints: Deportees deserve a safe arrival

Austin American Statesman (Op-Ed) Two Views: SB4 creates food insecurity in Texas' immigrant communityBy Cassie Davis