US Immigration
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The Biden administration has received competing proposals for revamping the definition of public charge, a status used to determine if immigrants should be barred from getting a green card or entering the country because they may become financial burdens on the government… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Tenth Circuit ruled on Monday that immigrants who cross into U.S. territory while being surveilled by law enforcement are still entering the country illegally, because they aren’t being restrained by authorities… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Joe Biden’s plan to slash immigration court backlogs by authorizing asylum officers to decide some requests for protection at the border has drawn criticism from those who fundamentally oppose the proposed rule, as well as from backers who say it could be improved… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Joe Biden hasn’t shied away from using controversial technologies for immigration enforcement, raising concerns that his predecessor’s pet project to build a border wall is being replaced with a “virtual wall” rife with privacy and civil liberties problems… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will review his predecessor’s decision declaring that persecutors aren’t eligible for asylum even if they committed crimes under duress, potentially altering the direction of a case that has been running for 17 years… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 