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Bender's Immigration Bulletin
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Bender's Immigration Bulletin -- Immigration Law News
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81% support "amnesty"
CNN poll, page 5.
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Blessed Tedium
Why boring decisions are often best.
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Border Is One of America's Safest Places
"The fact is, despite the murderous mayhem raging across the border in Mexico, the U.S. side, from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, is one of the nation's safest corridors." Time, July 30, 2010.
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Immigration Enforcement on the Rise Under Obama
"Despite grousing from congressmen and state officials in Arizona and Texas — notably Gov. Rick Perry — that the Obama administration has abdicated its role in the protecting the nation's borders from illegal immigration, the Department of Homeland Security’s largest investigative units this year each recorded their highest number of cases referred for prosecution since the Bush administration." Texas Tribune, July 30, 2010.
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Leaked Mayorkas Memo on CIR Alternatives
Undated.
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Leaked USCIS memo outlines CIR alternatives
"The ideas were outlined in an unusually frank draft memo prepared for Alejandro N. Mayorkas, director of the federal agency that handles immigration benefits, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS). The memo lists ways the government could grant permanent resident status to tens of thousands of people and delay the deportation of others, potentially indefinitely." ProPublica, July 29, 2010.
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NLG Legal Observers targeted by police in Arizona
"Roxana Orell, a lawyer and executive officer with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), was arrested Thursday in Phoenix while acting as an NLG Legal Observer® for a group of individuals protesting the immigration policies of Sheriff Arpaio. Observers of the arrest indicated that Sheriff’s Deputies appeared to target Orell, who was standing behind the crowd and videotaping the arrest of Sunita Patel, another Legal Observer." NLG, July 29, 2010.
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State Department: Undercover Tests Show Passport Issuance Process Remains Vulnerable to Fraud
"State's passport issuance process continues to be vulnerable to fraud, as the agency issued five of the seven passports GAO attempted to fraudulently obtain." GAO, July 29, 2010.
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Summer 2010 OSC Update
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, Summer 2010.
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Third Circuit on jurisdiction, cancellation
"We will grant Pareja’s petition to the extent it relates to the BIA’s consideration of the number of her qualifying relatives, and remand this case to the BIA for the limited purpose of allowing it to clarify or to reconsider its application of Matter of Recinas to this case. We will deny Pareja’s petition to the extent it asks us to overrule Matter of Monreal." Pareja v. Atty. Gen., July 29, 2010.
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US closes its consulate in Ciudad Juárez
"A US official said the consulate had closed following a "credible threat"." BBC, July 30, 2010.
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121 groups ask feds to denounce, discard 'Utah list'
"More than 100 civil-rights groups and leaders nationwide are demanding that federal immigration officials throw away the "Utah list" and vow publicly never to use anything like it for immigration enforcement." Deseret News, July 29, 2010.
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Ariz. Immigration Law Is A Challenge For Police
"Even the people who would be charged with enforcing Arizona's controversial new immigration law can't agree on the question of whether it's a good idea." NPR, July 28, 2010.
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Arizona Girds For Long Legal Fight Over Immigration
"in blocking the heart of the bill, Judge Susan Bolton's ruling could not have been clearer, says Gabriel Jack Chin, a professor of law at the University of Arizona. "It's basically a complete victory for the United States," Chin said. "She [Bolton] regards immigration regulation as a federal responsibility and a federal power."" NPR, July 29, 2010.
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As Deaths in Desert Soar, an Arizona Morgue Grows Crowded
"The Pima County morgue is running out of space as the number of Latin American immigrants found dead in the deserts around Tucson has soared this year during a heat wave." NYT, July 28, 2010.
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