By Kerry Bretz | Published January 2, 2019 | Posted in Asylum, Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: asylum, domestic violence victims, gang violence victims, President Donald Trump, President Trump | Comments Off on Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Asylum Policies for Domestic and Gang Violence Victims
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Asylum Policies for Domestic and Gang Violence Victims
In a recent ruling, a federal judge struck down several portions of the Justice Department’s policies which made it more challenging for non-citizens to claim asylum due to domestic or gang violence. The judge ruled on the basis that the “expedited removal” policies violated existing immigration law. The policies were originally ordered by former Read More
Read MoreSubstantial Decrease in the Number of Refugees Allowed in the United States
Many refugees from around the world desire to seek asylum in the United States. In immigration law, the term “refugee” means any person who is outside the country of his/her nationality, who is unable or unwilling to return to said country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, Read More
Read MoreU.S. Attorney General Limits Asylum Seekers’ Rights to be Heard
The Washington Post reported that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has done away with a requirement that foreign nationals seeking asylum here in this country receive a full hearing in immigration court. By eliminating this requirement, it vacates a ruling made by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 2014 that all asylum seekers should be Read More
Read MoreTransgender Activist Freed on Bond, Thanks to Crowdfunding Campaign
A local crowdfunding effort resulted in a California transgender activist seeking asylum to be free on $3,000 bond after serving three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. This was reported by OC Weekly. Valeria De la Luz left the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 9 with an ankle monitor. Read More
Read MoreWhat Is Asylum?
Asylum is a United States protective program which grants refugees and asylees the legal right to work and live in the U.S., apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship, and travel outside of the U.S. An asylee may also be granted the right to file for their spouse and minor children to come to the Read More
Read MoreTransgendered Guatemalan Woman Successfully Obtains Asylum in the U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), under the auspices of its Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI), recently announced that the organization was able to obtain asylum for a transgendered woman who was fleeing her native country of Guatemala. She said she had been targeted by both the police and drug cartels because of her gender Read More
Read MoreThe Future of Asylum Law in Donald Trump’s America
Donald Trump’s many campaign promises may have disheartened asylum seekers or those with asylum status in the U.S. He has spoken of banning Muslims, building a wall between Mexico and the U.S., and implementing a so-called “extreme vetting” process of people from war-torn countries seeking entry into the U.S. While it is difficult to say Read More
Read MoreDeportation Orders Issued for Central American Youth
Recently, Latin Times and Latino Fox News reported that 10,142 deportation orders for Central American youth, who had entered the country without an adult, have been issued by the 55 United States immigration courts. This initiated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, purportedly focused on certain groups of people, which has not occurred since the Read More
Read MoreOPTIONS TO CONSIDER WHILE WAITING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ACT ON IMMIGRATION
Much to the disappointment of immigrants and immigration reform activists, President Obama recently announced a delay in the use of executive action to solve the country’s immigration issues. On June 30, he promised that he would use executive action before the end of the summer. However, during the weekend of September 5-7, he announced that Read More
Read MoreConvention Against Torture As Relief From Removal Based On Cooperation With Law Enforcement Agencies
Generally, noncitizens convicted of crimes defined as aggravated felonies under federal immigration law are automatically disqualified from most forms of relief from deportation. The term “aggravated felony” is a term of art. While it does include serious crimes like murder; drug or firearms trafficking; and fraud involving losses in excess of $10,000, it also includes Read More
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