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US immigration official files motion to dismiss free speech complaint by immigration judges

JURIST

Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) David Neal Friday filed a motion to dismiss a complaint from the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) regarding a policy restricting their ability to speak at public events.

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Pair of immigration cases come to the court on key issue in some deportation proceedings

SCOTUSBlog

Congress extended the Immigration and Nationality Act, which regulates immigration into the United States, in 1988 to give immigration enforcement authorities, now the Department of Homeland Security, the power to automatically deport noncitizens convicted of an “aggravated felony” at the state or federal level.

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US federal prosecutors announce charges against 13 members of MS-13 gang

JURIST

Therefore, the Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), FBI and US Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) have pledged to collaborate special agents to “continue to maximize global efforts to dismantle illicit operations like Market & Spruce-13.”

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CFPB Sues Libre by Nexus, Claiming Company Offers Predatory Bonds to Vulnerable Immigrants

LegalReader

In many cases, it'd be cheaper for immigrants to pay a nonrefundable bond to ICE than to bother with Libre's bond services.

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How Crime on Parole Drives Mass Incarceration: Study

The Crime Report

Jacob Schuman argues in a forthcoming Virginia Law Review article. One hidden reason for the high numbers at the federal level is the arrest of undocumented immigrants who returned to the U.S. Revocations of supervised release for “criminal violations” are the primary drivers of incarceration in the U.S., Returning to the U.S.

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Jamaican green-card holder asks court to overrule precedent on “crimes involving moral turpitude”

SCOTUSBlog

De George , the Supreme Court held that the term “crime involving moral turpitude” in federal immigration law is not unconstitutionally vague. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In its 1951 decision in Jordan v. Everton Daye received a visa to move from Jamaica to the United States in 2008. citizen the following year.

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‘Blood Money’: How Profit Shapes U.S. Incarceration

The Crime Report

She also found that between 1718 to 1775, over 52,000 convicts were transported to the American colonies to labor on farms in Maryland and Virginia — beginning a cycle of intertwining punishment and physical labor in America’s roots. Additional Reading: Private Prison Provider Unjustly Profited From Immigrant Detainees, Jury Rules.

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