Crimmigration: A new word for me and an article on the privatization of immigration detention
Boston Review — Tom Barry: A Death in Texas: “Legal scholars have taken to calling this increasing merger of criminal and immigration law and the integration of the criminal justice and immigration systems “crimmigration.” An interesting article outlines death, immigration detention and making cash off of private immigration detention.
NY Times editorial blasts 287(g) and other local enforcement of immigration laws
Wrong Paths to Immigration Reform – Editorial – NYTimes.com: “Treating the majority of illegal immigrants as potential Americans, not a criminal horde, is the right response…” I am an expert on immigration detainers. I get calls from all over the country from other lawyers and potential clients telling me their tales of woe of how […]
Many of the announced Nobel winners are US citizens but foreign born
This according to a writer at the Mercury News. According to the story, “[W]e should celebrate the presence of people like Elizabeth Blackburn, professor at the University of California-San Francisco. Blackburn was born in Australia and moved to the U.S. in 1975. On Monday, she and two other researchers learned they would receive the Nobel […]
Arrests soar for Chinese trying to enter US unlawfully
Here is the story. Do you think the economy in the USA is bad? Apparently, our economy is better than in China.
Former Altus doctor sentenced to five years in federal prison over child bride
Another sad story involving the trafficking of a foreign child comes to an end.
USCIS considers fee hikes (again)
Can you believe this? Fee hikes? Was it only at the end of July 2007 that the fee for naturalization rose 69 percent to $675? The fee does not optimize demand. It lowers demand. And, USCIS tends to have a problem with inefficiently delivering services.
Oklahoma abuse case draws attention to international adoptions
The story is here. This case involves adopted children from Liberia.
Only 3 percent of Oklahoma high school students can pass naturalization civics test
The story is here. Interesting. I’ve never had a client fail a civics test at a naturalization interview. Some of them passed the test without benefit of any education past elementary school. I think there are two issues here: 1. Immigrants are more appreciative of the American experience than those who were born here.2. Our […]
For lawyers: Blogging can have a cost
Very, very interesting. Until such time as Desmond Morris writes “Lawyer Watching,” all attorneys should be required to read his book, “Catwatching.” Cats have two lives. The life they live around their owners. And, the live they live around other cats. When lawyers get their law licenses, they should be told, “You’re not a cat.” […]
Naturalization applications down 62 percent
“The number of immigrants applying to become U.S. citizens plunged 62 percent last year as the cost of naturalization rose and the economy soured, according to an analysis released Friday by the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy organization,” according to The Washington Post. To my mind, the factors are: 1. The bad […]