A federal judge in Lafayette heard arguments Friday on whether the Biden administration should end a controversial Trump-era pandemic restriction, known as Title 42, later this month. Judge Robert Summerhays of the U.S. Western District of Louisiana confirmed Friday his temporary restraining order that stopped the Biden administration from processing the end of […]
Asylum
U.S. Immigration Asylum Law Changes, Congress Adding Business Visas
U.S. to Change Asylum Procedures, Also Admit 100,000 Refugees from Ukraine This week, the Biden Administration issued a new rule that will allow for asylum officers at the U.S.-Mexico border to adjudicate claims for protection from removal made by immigrants who fear persecution in their home country. The Department of Homeland Security […]
Collaborative New Course Investigation and Fact Development: Immigration Law Provides Student and Faculty Support to Asylum Seekers :: School of Law
March 1, 2022 During the 2021 summer semester, the UNM School of Law (UNM SOL) and University of Idaho (UI) College of Law collaborated for the first time, offering an innovative course entitled Investigation and Fact Development: Immigration Law. This course incorporated elements of both traditional legal education and applied, […]
Immigration court pushes new asylum seekers to front of the line, challenging them to find lawyers
When the immigration judge asked the husband and wife if they wanted to appeal her decision to terminate the removal proceedings against their child, who recently died, they turned to look at each other. The Lopez family’s confusion showed clearly in their faces, even from behind the masks they wore […]
Remain in Mexico: Supreme Court will hear Biden administration plan to rescind Trump immigration policy for asylum seekers
The justices put on a fast track review of the plan to do away with the “Remain in Mexico” policy known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Lower courts said the Biden administration did not provide an adequate reason for getting rid of the Trump policy, and that its own procedures […]
Asylum seekers need legal help, not generic ‘orientation’
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is soliciting contracts to implement a “Legal Access at the Border” (LAB) program. The solicitation says that the objective of the program is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of EOIR Immigration Court proceedings by providing legal services to immigrants who are: (1) […]