• Prosecutorial Discretion: Why the Need for a Training Program?

    • November 25, 2011
    • Category: AIC, AILA, American Immigration Council, DHS, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Morton, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      One might ask the question, why do we need a training program when the Director of Ice himself came out with clear guidelines on Prosecutorial Discretion in June?  The answer to this question really goes to the culture at ICE.

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  • Quoted In Online Wall Street Journal about Prosecutorial Discretion

    • November 21, 2011
    • Category: AIC, AILA, American Immigration Council, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      I had the privilege of being quoted by Miriam Jordan of the Wall Street Journal on November 18, 2011, in the online version about Prosecutorial Discretion.

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  • Task Force Submits Recommendations on DHS’s Secure Communities Program

    • September 21, 2011
    • Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, ICE, Morton, Secure Communities
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      After tensions reached a boiling point regarding the Secure Communities program in June, ICE Director John Morton created a 20-member task force to address growing concerns. This week, that task force submitted its final recommendations in a report to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)

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  • DHS REVIEW OF LOW PRIORITY CASES FOR PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION

    • September 1, 2011
    • Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, DHS, Prosecutorial Discretion
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    The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released a Practice Advisory on the new DHS Prosecutorial Discretion policy.  Here is my summary of that Practice Advisory

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