Monthly Archives: January 2020
Crime Victims Can Apply for a U-Visa
If you have been a victim of a crime, especially a violent crime, you usually face a fair amount of hardship, stress and trauma. Knowing this, immigration has a program for immigrants who are victims of crimes, and who are helping law enforcement in solving or prosecuting crimes. The U-Visa Program The program is… Read More »
ICE Detention Program Held to be Unconstitutional
A federal court has found that a program where Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) worked with law enforcement agencies to detain immigrants, and potentially deport them based only on biometric information from a computer report, is unconstitutional. Secure Communities The program, called Secure Communities, works like this: When someone is in the custody of law… Read More »
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments in Important Cases
Immigration law is constantly changing, and policies put in place are routinely being challenged for legality. Sometimes, the legality of these programs gets argued all the way to the Supreme Court. Although the Supreme Court does not hear a great many cases every year (compared to the number of times litigants request the Court… Read More »