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  • EOIR Launches Respondent Access Portal

    EOIR Launches Respondent Access Portal

    On July 2, 2024, EOIR sent out a Stakeholder Update by email announcing the launch of the Respondent Access Portal. Per the announcement, this will be a phased enrollment which will allow unrepresented respondents to access the Electronic Record of Proceedings for their Immigration Court (EOIR) case. This will make it much easier for unrepresented…

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  • SCOTUS DISGARDS CHEVRON DOCTRINE

    SCOTUS DISGARDS CHEVRON DOCTRINE

    In the decision issued on Friday, June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court significantly weakened the power of federal agencies to implement and enforce regulations. The court’s decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, overturns the Court’s 1984 finding in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council and will have a major impact on the Federal Government’s ability…

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  • Department of State v. Muñoz

    Department of State v. Muñoz

    In State Department v. Muñoz, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a U.S. citizen who said her constitutional rights were violated by the federal government when it denied a visa to her Salvadoran husband. Munoz and her husband, who she married in 2010 and has a child with, have been separated since 2015 while they…

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  • Biden Administration Expands Parole In Place to Spouse’s of US Citizens–Does NOT Extend Immigration Benefits to Any Immigrants Who Were not Already Eligible for a Green Card

    Biden Administration Expands Parole In Place to Spouse’s of US Citizens–Does NOT Extend Immigration Benefits to Any Immigrants Who Were not Already Eligible for a Green Card

    What is Parole-in-Place? Parole-in-Place (PIP) is an immigration policy that grants temporary protected legal status to certain undocumented individuals who are already in the United States that are present without admission or parole. It is a sort of legal fiction in which the person will be “paroled” into the US without actually having to leave…

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  • SCOTUS Limits Ability To Reopen & Rescind In Absentia Removal Orders

    SCOTUS Limits Ability To Reopen & Rescind In Absentia Removal Orders

    The Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the ability of noncitizens to reopen and rescind in absentia orders of removal issued against them in their June 14, 2024 decision, Campos-Chaves v Garland, 602 U.S. ___ (2024). The relevant portions of the Court’s decision are quoted below. You can read the entire decision at the Supreme Court’s Website.…

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  • Biden Announces Executive Action Barring Asylum for Migrants Crossing the Southern Border

    Biden Announces Executive Action Barring Asylum for Migrants Crossing the Southern Border

    President Biden has announced new executive actions to address the situation at the southern border. These actions aim to deter unlawful border crossings and manage the high volume of encounters. The key points are: Barring Asylum for Unlawful Crossings: Migrants who cross the southern border unlawfully will be ineligible for asylum, with exceptions for those…

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  • Temporary Asylum Location Opening in Oakland, California

    Temporary Asylum Location Opening in Oakland, California

    May 13, 2024, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the San Francisco Asylum Office will be opening a temporary location in Oakland, California. In announcement made on Monday, May 13, 2024:   USCIS’ San Francisco Asylum Office is opening an additional temporary location in Oakland, California. Effective May 15, 2024, asylum applicants under the…

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  • Percentage of Immigrants Represented by an Attorney in Immigration Court

    Percentage of Immigrants Represented by an Attorney in Immigration Court

    The percentage of immigrants that are represented by an attorney in removal proceedings varies substantially from city to city. Regardless of location, most immigrants that are ordered removed are not represented. COURTS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTED RESPONDENTS COURT % REPRESENTED Hawaii 56% California 49% New York 44% Virginia 43% Massachusetts 41% Nebraska 41% Pennsylvania…

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  • RECORD NUMBER OF DEPORTATIONS IN 2024

    RECORD NUMBER OF DEPORTATIONS IN 2024

    U.S. immigration judges issued a staggering 136,623 deportation orders during the initial six months of Fiscal Year 2024, according to an analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonpartisan, nonprofit data research center affiliated with the Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. This is a…

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  • A TRUMP SECOND TERM

    A TRUMP SECOND TERM

    In an interview with Time Magazine on April 30, 2024, Trump discussed his agenda for a second term, which includes deporting millions of people using the military. Trump envisions a series of mass deportation camps that would require military support. “I think in terms of the National Guard. But if I thought things were getting…

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  • Check Your Immigration Court Case Status Online

    Check Your Immigration Court Case Status Online

    Automated Case Status System Check the status of your EOIR case online. You can use the Automated Case Status System to find out the date & time of your next Immigration Court hearing, the location of your hearing, the Immigration Judge assigned to your case, and other important information about your case. You can find…

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