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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Supreme Court Refuses to Narrow Criminal Grounds of Removability

In a split decision issued on June 22, the Supreme Court ruled against two noncitizens seeking to overturn agency findings that their state criminal convictions qualified as “aggravated felonies.” Under immigration law, an aggravated felony makes a noncitizen deportable. Their cases hinged on whether the definition of “obstruction of justice” made it an aggravated felony. Read More »

• Law Criminalizing ‘Encouragement or Inducement’ of Immigrants to Live in the US Unlawfully Is Upheld in SCOTUS Case

The case of U.S. v. Hansen involved the prosecution of a fraudster whom the government charged with violating immigration law after he scammed immigrants by promising them a path to U.S. citizenship through adult adoptions. Unfortunately for the victims, this path does not exist. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW 

• An anti-immigration law went into effect in Florida on July 1, marking one of the most restrictive laws on the books to date. One of the law’s provisions states that valid driver’s licenses issued to undocumented immigrants by other states will no longer be accepted in Florida.  
  
  These out-of-state licenses—from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont—will no longer be accepted by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Those found driving with such a license will be subject to citations and other penalties. Additionally, the law now requires that Florida hospitals inquire about a person’s immigration status before they can be treated, among other measures. 
  
  The law is massively out-of-step with the reality of many Floridians. As this fact sheet from the American Immigration Council shows, more than one out of every five Florida residents is an immigrant. 4% of the state’s population is undocumented, subjecting hundreds of thousands of individuals to this new law.
  
  Read more: Immigrants in Florida

 ACROSS THE NATION 

• The American Immigration Council and the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition filed a Freedom of Information Act litigation with the Executive Office for Immigration Review to learn why immigration courts advance immigrant's hearings with limited notice to them and their lawyers. 

The information sought would bring much needed transparency to immigration courts’ scheduling practices, which harm immigrants when their trials are pushed up without adequate notice to them or their attorneys

Read more: Council Sues EOIR To Find Out Why Immigrants’ Court Hearings Are Moved Up on Short Notice

 FURTHER READING 

• The Palm Beach Post: Groups announce intent to sue DeSantis over SB 1718 Florida immigration law

• KJZZ-NPR Phoenix (LISTEN): ICE enforcement data analysis includes look at Phoenix Field Office

• KYMA – TV (WATCH): Inspection reveals over-crowding and lost religious property at Yuma migrant processing center

• The Messenger News: Florida Will No Longer Accept Drivers Licenses From These 5 States in Immigration Crackdown

• PBS-Two Cents (WATCH): How Expensive Is It to Be an Immigrant?

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