1386 ABA Journal Immigration Law articles.
A Polish-American couple’s battle, over more than a decade, to become U.S. citizens shows the pitfalls presented by what many see as an arbitrary and unfair American immigration system that…
Jun 6, 2007 7:22 PM CDT
A former chief public defender in St. Louis was indicted today on charges he arranged a “sham marriage” so that his boyfriend could stay in the United States.
Prosecutors announced…
Jun 2, 2007 1:27 AM CDT
A federal judge has ordered the federal government to free a man it seeks to deport because it took too long to find a country willing to accept him.
U.S.…
May 31, 2007 3:35 PM CDT
A study by three law professors finds wide disparities in asylum cases and, at the initial appellate level, a decline in decisions favoring asylum seekers.
The outcome varied based on…
May 31, 2007 2:17 PM CDT
The long arm of the U.S. border patrol is reaching for a computer keyboard.
That’s bad news for Andrew Feldmar, who once wrote an article about his drug use in…
May 14, 2007 2:01 PM CDT
An anti-immigrant bill signed by the Oklahoma state governor this week won’t be effective until Nov. 1, but is already raising concerns about how it will be enforced.
Among those…
May 10, 2007 9:29 PM CDT
Responding to suggestions that police should have checked the immigration status of suspects accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said new laws and more money…
May 10, 2007 5:10 PM CDT
A judge’s decision yesterday to dismiss the indictment against Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles took both sides by surprise and prompted both condemnation and jubilance.
Cuba’s top diplomat in Washington…
May 10, 2007 2:36 PM CDT
Arguing that the U.S. war on Iraq is illegal, a Canadian lawyer is now seeking asylum there for some three dozen American soldiers who have deserted their units and fled…
May 10, 2007 1:11 AM CDT
Churches in five major cities throughout the country are joining in a “New Sanctuary Movement” intended to help illegal immigrants.
It will include efforts to provide legal help and other…
May 9, 2007 7:27 PM CDT
A federal judge dismissed all charges Tuesday against Luis Posada Carriles, speaking in scathing terms of the investigation and prosecution that put the Cuban exile and militant in jail on…
May 9, 2007 5:24 PM CDT
Local ordinances cracking down on illegal immigrants have resulted in lawsuits and big legal bills.
Some of the laws penalize landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and businesses that employ…
May 7, 2007 5:30 PM CDT
A 7-year-old California boy was rousted from his bed at home by federal immigration authorities and illegally held with his father for 10 hours in a locked room earlier this…
Apr 27, 2007 12:52 AM CDT
A western Kentucky judge is being suspended without pay for 15 days for jailing indefinitely 17 immigrants initially stopped for traffic violations.
Judge Carol Sue Browning arranged for police to…
Apr 20, 2007 6:16 PM CDT
A federal appeals court issued an order yesterday requiring anti-Fidel Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carilles to remain in jail.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New…
Apr 18, 2007 2:19 PM CDT
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