Immigration Law

Feds Seize Domain Names, Assets in Crackdown on Movie Piracy Websites

The fight against pirated movies has taken a new turn. U.S. authorities have seized the domain names for nine websites and assets from 15 banks, Paypal and investment and advertising accounts, according to stories by the Associated Press, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. The computers running the websites were…

Jul 1, 2010 11:23 AM CDT

Immigration Rx

ABA offers remedies to breathe life back into a failing system

Jul 1, 2010 6:30 AM CDT

UK’s Biggest Immigration Firm Not Too Big to Fail, Leaving 10,000 Cases in Limbo

Saying that it was crippled by a lack of cash flow from unpaid government-funded representations, the United Kingdom’s biggest immigration law firm has failed, leaving some 10,000 cases in limbo. The U.K.’s Ministry of Justice refused calls by legal experts and the Archbishop of Canterbury to intervene and shore up…

Jun 17, 2010 5:51 PM CDT

New York ‘Nanny Bill’ Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

The New York State Senate passed a bill this week that could affect the lives of more than 200,000 domestic workers—many of whom have long gone without the basic workplace guarantees that many employees take for granted. If signed, the bill, which now resides in the hands of Gov. David…

Jun 3, 2010 12:50 PM CDT

Nearly 51% of American Voters Support Arizona Immigration Law, Survey Says

Although condemned by the White House, Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has popular support among American voters. The Arizona statute, which requires law enforcement officials to ask someone’s legal status if there is “reasonable suspicion” to believe the person is in the U.S. illegally, was approved of by 31 to…

Jun 2, 2010 9:46 AM CDT

ICE Won’t Deport Mom of Girl Who Questioned First Lady

The mother of a Maryland second-grade girl who questioned First Lady Michelle Obama about the Obama administration’s immigration policy Wednesday won’t be deported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency spokesman Matthew Chandler said in an e-mail to the Washington Post’s Federal Eye blog that the agency investigates cases based on solid…

May 21, 2010 5:16 PM CDT

A New Bybee Memo Surfaces—on Practices Authorized by Ariz. Immigration Law

The federal appeals judge who once wrote controversial memos for the Justice Department authorizing harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects is back in the news for another memo he wrote, this one on immigration law. The memo by Jay Bybee, now a judge on the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court…

May 18, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

ABA Offers Refunds to Those Boycotting Arizona Conference

The Equal Justice Conference to be hosted by the American Bar Association next week is being held in Phoenix. And that has put the ABA on the hot seat as individuals and organizations unhappy about the state’s controversial new immigration law call for a boycott of the event. ABA President…

May 6, 2010 10:27 PM CDT

Supreme Court Waits—and Waits—for Kagan’s Immigration Brief

So far, Solicitor General Elena Kagan has managed to avoid most controversial issues that come before the U.S. Supreme Court. That will likely change when the potential Supreme Court nominee files a long-awaited brief providing the administration’s views of a controversial Arizona immigration law, the Los Angeles Times reports. The…

May 4, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

Supreme Court Rules Against Family of Immigrant Suing for Delayed Cancer Treatment

The U.S. Supreme Court has held federal medical officials are shielded from personal liability for failing to diagnose the penile cancer of a Salvadoran immigrant who died after being released from custody. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the unanimous opinion (PDF), the Associated Press reports. The officials are exempted from personal…

May 3, 2010 3:24 PM CDT

Seeking Support for Core Issues

Economics a factor as ABA’s federal governmental advocacy focuses on 10 priorities

May 1, 2010 8:50 AM CDT

Whither the Uighurs?

Court passes on the fate of Chinese Muslims remaining at Gitmo

May 1, 2010 7:30 AM CDT

ABA President: Ariz. Immigration Law Is ‘Draconian’ and ‘Likely Unconstitutional’

The president of the American Bar Association strongly criticized a controversial new Arizona immigration law in a written statement today. The law, which requires police to seek proof of an individual’s immigration status if they have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally, is seen by…

Apr 30, 2010 10:54 PM CDT

Legal Battles Expected over Arizona’s New Immigration Law

The president of a Hispanic legal group is expecting multiple challenges to Arizona’s new law that makes it a crime to be an undocumented alien in the state. Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, says the law signed by the governor…

Apr 26, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

The Maricopa Courthouse War

An Arizona showdown over populist politics, abuse of power and pink boxer shorts

Apr 1, 2010 9:45 AM CDT