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“ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?”
By George Fishman
Excerpt: Eli Saslow reported for the New York Times that: “For more than a decade, Glenn Valley[ Foods was] … one of the fastest-growing meatpacking companies in the Midwest. But, in a matter of weeks, production … plummeted by almost 70 percent. Most of the work force was gone” - courtesy of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worksite enforcement action (or, perjoratively, “raid”) in June.
Border Security Breeds Immigration Court Success
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The latest statistics from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) – the DOJ component that oversees the immigration courts – reveal that the unprecedented level of security at the Southwest border is breeding success in those courts, where backlogs have fallen by more than 326,000 cases since January.
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Notes on the New ICE Detention Memo I Haven’t Seen
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Simply because alien applicants for admission who came illegally have been released on bond in the past doesn’t mean they should not now be detained, as section 235(b) of the INA clearly requires. It’s taken nearly three decades, but it appears the application of the INA has caught up with the letter of the law.
France and Gaza Refugees;
Implications for the U.S. of an unprecedented ruling granting Gaza Palestinians refugee status, citing “persecution” by Israeli forces
By Nayla Rush
Excerpt: The French court’s recent ruling could establish new precedent and influence the body of law, not just in France and Europe but across the Atlantic.
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