Separating Asylum Families at the Southern Border: It’s Happening, and It’s Wrong
Last December The New York Times reported that the Trump administration was considering a new policy of “Separating Families to Combat Illegal Immigration.” [1] As the NYT article notes, previous administrations have stopped short of resorting to policies like family separation, because of concerns that it could force people into the hands of dangerous smugglers who sell themselves as a way to evade the Border Patrol, or force people with legitimate claims for asylum to rema
THE DEATH OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS), AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
What Is TPS? If you care at all about immigration law, you have probably read in the newspapers and heard in the media that “TPS” for Nicaragua was recently ended by the Trump administration (11/06/2017), and that it was also terminated for the island nation of Haiti (11/20/2017). There are also we-founded rumors that TPS for Honduras is next on the chopping block. To understand what this means in real-life terms, it is first necessary to understand what TPS is, and what eff
Attorney's Commentary on Trump's "Immigration Enforcement Improvements"
You will likely see many people commenting on this in many places in the days ahead. Rather than pick apart everything in the Executive Order, I will tailor my comments to the areas of my practice that are impacted by it. What we are really talking about here is the flood of "refugees," some purely economic, some legal, coming from Mexico and Central America to escape impossible living conditions, particularly in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, as well as certain sectio
