JUNE 2023

Tom Homan: Biden administration is ‘complicit’

IRLI Senior Fellow Tom Homan criticizes the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis on ‘Fox & Friends’ and says the border was most secure under former President Trump’s administration.

IRLI ACTION

Victory! Ninth Circuit Upholds Criminal Reentry Law

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Nevada district court that had found the federal criminal reentry statute—which makes it a crime for previously-deported aliens to reenter the country unlawfully—unconstitutional. IRLI had filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit in defense of this statute.

Do We Need More Welfare-Dependent Immigrants?

IRLI filed a brief in a Texas federal district court showing that a lawsuit by Texas against the Biden administration’s 2022 public charge rule should be allowed to go forward.

Will Appellate Court Unleash Biden’s Parole Programs?

IRLI filed a brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals opposing the Biden administration’s attempt to restart two of its programs for paroling massive numbers of illegal aliens into the country.

Is Verifying Voters Citizenship Against the Law?

IRLI and IRLI’s nationwide network of attorneys, Attorneys United for a Secure America (AUSA), both filed briefs in Arizona federal district court in a set of consolidated lawsuits brought by the federal government, the Democratic National Committee, and anti-borders activists.

COMMENTARY

Borders Mean Nothing Without Interior Enforcement

Title 42 Is Coming to an End, and Biden Has No Plan for What Comes Next

Track, Detain, and Deport to Deal with Biden’s Border Disaster

No Hoaxes Necessary

Mayorkas’ Border Policies Are Letting In Another Group Of Criminals We Have So Far Ignored

Florida Embraces E-Verify as Border Surge Floods Job Market

IN THE NEWS

Daily Mail: Tech union urges SCOTUS to scrap graduate work scheme for 200,000 migrants because it robs Americans of jobs and drives down wages

Washtech's lawyer, John Miano, from the Immigration Reform Law Institute, says the OPT scheme lets tech firms push aside local hires for cheaper immigrant coders and programmers.

The Washington Post: Legal challenge filed against D.C.’s noncitizen voting law

A lawsuit filed by seven D.C. voters against the city’s Board of Elections is headed to federal court as the plaintiffs try to stop the District from permitting noncitizens to vote in local elections. The plaintiffs are represented by the D.C.-based Immigration Reform Law Institute, a nonprofit that advocates for limiting immigration.

Breitbart – New York Times: American College Grads Are Being Pushed out of Coastal Cities

“Why do Republicans support a policy that creates jobs in Democrat states by taking jobs from GOP states?” said John Miano, a lawyer at the Immigration Law Reform Institute. “Can no one figure this out? … They don’t call it the Stupid Party for nothing,” he told Breitbart News.

The Washington Times: ICE frees hundreds of criminals to make room for migrants; Biden goes easy on quick removals

Matt O’Brien, a former immigration judge and now director of investigations at the Immigration Reform Law Institute, said the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump’s travel ban on some largely Muslim countries made clear that a president has broad powers to block entire classes of migrants as long as there is a good justification.

Daily Caller: A Key Trump-Era Policy’s End Will Be The ‘Demise’ Of The US’ Immigration Courts, Experts Say

“I think it’s gonna cripple the immigration court system, it’s gonna bring it to his knees. I think it’s going to do the same thing to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. I think it’s going to increase the backlog,” O’Brien, who is now the director of Investigations at the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a nonprofit legal organization, said.

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