American Immigration Council – Immigration Attorney

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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Untangling DHS’ Record High Deportation Numbers
- October 20, 2011
- Category: American Immigration Council, Border Security, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Secure Communities
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It was another record breaking year for deportations, with DHS logging 396,906 removals during Fiscal Year 2011. While the raw number is not in doubt, its meaning is far from clear, according to the American Immigration Council.

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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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VOTER DISCONTENT DEEPENS–WHAT WILL OBAMA DO NEXT WITH IMMIGRATION?
- September 7, 2011
- Category: American Immigration Council, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Hispanic, Obama
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The Wall Street Journal (Link) reported that a recent poll has found that 51% of Americans disapprove of the job Mr. Obama is doing as president for the first time since his inauguration.

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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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Judge Strikes Down ‘Keeping Families Together’ Parole Process
November 13, 2024
After initially blocking the Biden administration’s recent move to promote family unity for some U.S. citizens with undocumented spouses in August, a federal judge in Texas issued a final judgment last week ending the parole process altogether. Judge J. Campbell Barker found that the whole concept of “parole in place” – the practice of granting […] The post Judge Strikes Down ‘Keeping Families Together’ Parole Process appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
Biden Should Use His Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before He Leaves Office
November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to deport millions of immigrants in his successful bid for a second term at the White House. This week, we gained a clearer picture about how he aims to fulfill this promise. Tom Homan, former acting chief for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will oversee border policy and work to fulfill […] The post Biden Should Use His Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before He Leaves Office appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Asylum Seekers’ Rights to Present at POEs
November 4, 2024
Ports of entry along our borders are supposed to be where people in need of protection can come to seek humanitarian relief. But since 2016, every presidential administration has used different tactics to turn people away from ports of entry (POEs) along the U.S.-Mexico border before they even get there. Finally, in October, the Ninth […] The post Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Asylum Seekers’ Rights to Present at POEs appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
What Is the ‘Bipartisan Border Bill’ and How Would It Change the US Immigration System?
November 1, 2024
The “bipartisan border bill” has been front and center in the presidential election, but it is often presented to the public without clarity on what the bill would actually do. In May, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced S. 4361, the Border Act of 2024. This bill includes nearly identical provisions to a bipartisan immigration […] The post What Is the ‘Bipartisan Border Bill’ and How Would It Change the US Immigration System? appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
Seasonal Immigrant Workers Are in High Demand. America’s H-2B Visa Program Isn’t Keeping Up.
November 1, 2024
Foreign workers have long provided critical support to American businesses in the busy seasons—filling temporary, seasonal jobs when domestic workers were not available. This support—almost always of manual labor—is possible due to the H-2 visa program, which Congress created in 1952 with the aim of “alleviating labor shortages … particularly in periods of intense production.” […] The post Seasonal Immigrant Workers Are in High Demand. America’s H-2B Visa Program Isn’t Keeping Up. appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

Prosecutorial Discretion: Why the Need for a Training Program?

Quoted In Online Wall Street Journal about Prosecutorial Discretion

Untangling DHS’ Record High Deportation Numbers

Task Force Submits Recommendations on DHS’s Secure Communities Program

VOTER DISCONTENT DEEPENS–WHAT WILL OBAMA DO NEXT WITH IMMIGRATION?

DHS REVIEW OF LOW PRIORITY CASES FOR PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION