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The Supreme Court Should End DACA, and Return Power to Congress
By Andrew R. Arthur
On November 12, 2019, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the authority of Article III courts to review the September 2017 decision of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and alternatively whether DHS's decision was lawful. Contrary to the various findings of those lower courts, DHS's decision to rescind DACA is not reviewable under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
Why Charging a Fee for Asylum Is Not Wrong
By Dan Cadman
Much ado has been made over the proposal by the Trump administration to begin, for the first time, charging fees to file for asylum. Keep in mind that all of the time spent on asylum applications is time not spent doing work examining applications and petitions for which it is receiving fees. Thus, in a very real sense, it's a double-whammy for fee-paying aliens and naturalization applicants.
USCIS Releases Interesting Data on DACA Criminality
By Andrew R. Arthur
On November 16, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a press release that highlighted arrests and convictions among the 888,818 aliens who have requested Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). It relates to a November 2019 update on the USCIS report "DACA Requestors with an IDENT Response". To say that it is eye-opening and goes against the popular narrative would be an understatement.
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EB-5 Bill Would Override Pending Regulations
By David North
A disastrous bill on the EB-5 (immigrant investor) program, covered with attractive cake frosting, looms just off the floor of the U.S. Senate. It would simultaneously parole in some 73,000 aliens on either the EB-5 waiting list or with un-acted-upon petitions, most immediately and some over the next three years, thus blowing away the long-established 10,000 yearly limit on this program.
What is DACA?
By John Miano
I previously wrote about how the elite media has totally ignored the legal issues in its coverage of the DACA case before the Supreme Court. I thought I would fill in some of the gaps left by the press's gross malpractice here. My only real interest in DACA is over the alien employment issue. However, more mundane issues of administrative law are likely to dominate the Supreme Court's opinions.
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SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Border Patrol Shooting Case
By Dan Cadman
At about the same time that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) entertained oral arguments in the DACA case, it was also hearing oral arguments — for the second time — in the case of Hernandez v. Mesa. That case involved the shooting death of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez, a Mexican citizen standing on the Mexico side of the border, by Jesus Mesa Jr., a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
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