OCTOBER 2023

O’Brien: Walls Are 95 Percent Effective In Securing Israeli Border

Immigration reform law institutes’ Matt O’Brien says a new report concludes that a border wall system like the one employed by the State Of Israel could reduce illegal migration at the U.S. southern border by 95 percent.  One America’s John Hines has more from Washington. 

IRLI ACTION

Victory! Duplicate DACA Ruled Unlawful

A Texas federal district court struck down the Biden administration’s recent duplication of the Obama-era DACA. IRLI had filed a brief in the case showing that duplicate DACA is substantively unlawful.

Biden White House Slammed Family Separation, yet Continues the Policy

IRLI has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in federal district court against U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seeking to compel the agency to provide 2022 family-separation numbers first requested in January.

Should Deportation Cases be Terminated on Technicality?

IRLI and AUSA, a project of IRLI, both submitted briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals, the nation’s immigration appellate court, in a case that threatens to cancel thousands of deportation cases across the country.

Will Supreme Court Let Removal Hearing No-Shows Stay?

IRLI has filed a brief in the Supreme Court on a technical issue with big implications: do tens of thousands of removal orders have to be rescinded because the aliens subject to them received notice of their hearings in the “wrong” document?

Is Asylum a Right?

IRLI has filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging it to reverse a California district court’s injunction against a rare positive Biden administration policy on the border. The policy substantially revives a previous Trump rule, and creates a presumption that aliens who cross into the United States illegally between ports of entry are ineligible for asylum.

COMMENTARY

Luck is not an effective border control policy

Why Work Permits Won’t Work in New York City — or Anywhere Else

Can we finally agree that sanctuary cities are a failed experiment?

Eric Adams Fiddles While NYC Burns From Migrant Crisis

Biden sells off wall materials, sells out our border security

An Open Southern Border Is Our Greatest Terror Threat

IN THE NEWS

Fox News: DHS refuses to release data on illegal immigrants’ cartel ties, citing privacy concerns

The Biden administration is pushing back against a demand by a conservative legal group that it reveals information about the illegal immigrants being considered for arrest and deportation, including their terror, cartel and gang affiliations — arguing that, among other concerns, it could violate their privacy rights.

The Washington Times: GOP accuses Attorney General Merrick Garland of stonewalling as courts struggle with migrant surge

Two top Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday over how his department has been running the immigration courts, where a massive backlog of cases has fueled the Biden administration’s “catch-and-release” approach for processing of migrants at the nation’s southern border.

PJ Media: The Bluster and Demise of Sanctuary Cities

There is a huge difference between true caring and indignant self-righteousness, a fact that the mayors of many sanctuary cities are now learning. It’s one thing to climb up on your soap box and declare that immigration makes communities stronger when you have no idea what you’re talking about.

The Lars Larson Show: Matt O’Brien on IRLI’s Family Separations Lawsuit

IRLI Director of Investigations Matt O’Brien was a guest on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show. He discussed IRLI’s FOIA lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeking data on the number of migrant family separations under the Biden Administration in 2022.

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