In recent months, armed and masked federal agents have roamed the streets of Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh, conducting what many describe as a “dragnet” of our communities. From smashing car windows to dragging workers out of their places of employment, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Operation Charlotte’s Web” has left a trail of trauma across North Carolina.
The United States immigration system is a quandary of forms, bureaucratic pitfalls, and redundant functions; yet, every year it successfully admits over a million legal immigrants. To function properly and efficiently, the policies that motivate bureaucratic behaviors must be commonsensical and adjusted competently and carefully under the guise of wisdom and restraint, as the credibility of the U.S. immigration policy—and its ability to balance openness with order—depends on it.
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision on May 17, 2017, in Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, in favor of a lawful Mexican immigrant on the premise that federal law was inappropriately applied in attempts to justify deportation.
Photographs released by court order cause the Department of Homeland Security to consider following the Department of Justice’s lead and end their use of private for profit prisons.
A new policy proposed by Customs and Border Control has civil liberty advocates raising their eyebrows.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 split on the DAPA case has serious repercussions for millions of lives and destroys President Obama’s attempt at having a positive immigration legacy.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to make a decision on the President’s executive action by the end of the month, providing undocumented and mixed-status families both hope and distress.
To start the New Year, the Obama Administration has deported over one hundred immigrants back to their violent homeland countries in Central America.
With the Fifth Circuit’s decision to not halt deportation of immigrants and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, there is a nationwide debate regarding immigration, national security, and allowing refugees inside the United States.
The implications of the United States’ H-2 visa program.
The arrest of undocumented Mexican citizen, Blanca Borrego, implicates HIPPA laws and the need for immigration reform.
Federal court rules that a Mexican transgender citizen is protected from deportation under the UN Convention against Torture.
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute gave a talk on current immigration issues at Campbell Law School on November 4, 2014.
