All questions Introduction to the immigration framework Law No. 18.250 dated 17 January 2008, and its implementing regulations in Decree No. 394/09 dated August 2009, clearly establish that: The Uruguayan state acknowledges as an inalienable right of migrating people and their relatives, without prejudice to their migration status, the right […]
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A general introduction to immigration law and policy in Canada
All questions Introduction to the immigration framework i Legislation and policy Canada’s immigration policies are grounded in federal legislation, specifically the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Its associated Regulations, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), outline how to apply the provisions of the IRPA. The IRPA was introduced […]
A general introduction to immigration law and policy in USA
All questions Introduction to the immigration framework i Legislation and policy US immigration policy has multiple goals. First, it reunites families by admitting immigrants whose relatives are already in the United States.2 Second, it admits foreign workers to perform labour, generally taking into consideration the availability and working conditions of […]
UK Develops Initiatives For Cryptoasset Legal Policy
In the first two instalments of our series we examined the progress of English law to provide a secure and certain legal infrastructure for cryptoasset investment and management. In particular, we looked at how recent English case law has addressed the following questions: (1) Are cryptoassets property and (2) Can […]
Labor agency says Amazon’s mandatory anti-union meetings may violate labor laws, reversing past policy
NEW YORK — The National Labor Relations Board has found merit in a union charge that Amazon violated labor law in New York City’s Staten Island by holding mandatory worker meetings to persuade its employees not to unionize. The labor board has in the past allowed employees to mandate such […]
‘Not an immigration law.’ As Lafayette judge weighs COVID policy, asylum seekers remain in limbo | Courts
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 […]
What is Title 42, the COVID-19 immigration policy Democrats want Biden to end?
Despite making some changes to U.S. border policy, the Biden administration for over a year maintained the most sweeping border restriction enacted by former President Donald Trump: a pandemic-era order known as Title 42 that has led to the quick deportation of hundreds of thousands of migrants in two years. […]
Biden is ending Title 42, a controversial pandemic border policy
The Biden administration announced Friday that it’s lifting controversial pandemic-related border restrictions under which the US has expelled thousands of migrants without giving them access to their legal right to apply for asylum. The so-called Title 42 policy, first enacted by the Trump administration in March 2020 at the outset […]
Fiscal policy changes can begin to make Kansas more racially equitable
The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of Topeka USD 501, and Shannon Portillo, associate dean and professor at the University of Kansas, served as […]
Expulsion Policy Faces Political Heat
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Democrats Urge President to End Expulsion Policy Congressional Democrats are pressuring President Biden to end the use of a policy by which immigrants stopped at the U.S. southern border can be quickly sent back to Mexico or their home countries without being allowed to request asylum […]