The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is well known as a conservative jurisdiction. This makes a decision like Rodriguez v. Garland stand out even more. The …
Rodriguez v. Garland Creates Significant Advocacy Opportunity in the Fifth Circuit Read More »
On April 2, 2021, EOIR issued a new Policy Memorandum (PM) 21-18, “Revised Case Flow Processing Before the Immigration Courts.” The PM replaces EOIR’s PM 21-05, “Enhanced Case Flow Processing …
EOIR Revises Case Flow Processing in April 2021 PM Read More »
In the 65 days that President Biden has been in office, he has issued 37 executive orders, and this does not even count any presidential proclamations or agency actions stemming …
UPDATE: Biden Administration Immigration Actions Read More »
We are just two weeks into the Biden administration and 28 executive orders have been signed, which means that President Biden is on course to surpass FDR as the president …
CILA has recently heard of a trend in children’s cases in immigration courts across the country ordering children to submit any applications for relief by a particular deadline in a …
Strategy Considerations When Responding to Scheduling Orders in Children’s Cases Read More »
On September 30, 2020 the Executive Office of Immigration Review published yet another round of rulemaking. CILA recently posted a legal update about the proposed changes to the BIA and related …
CILA Analysis on Proposed Regulations: Professional Conduct for Practitioners Read More »
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released proposed changes to some of the regulations at 8 CFR Parts 1003 and 1240. For the most part, these …
The ABA Commission on Immigration recently released a short video entitled Tu Futuro, Tu Voz (Your Future, Your Voice). The short video, just over fourteen minutes and available in both …
Tu Futuro, Tu Voz (Your Future, Your Voice), A Video By Youth For Youth Read More »
Starting this coming Monday, March 9th, Houston will be part of a pilot program where unaccompanied children’s (UC) cases will be heard via video teleconference (VTC). The unaccompanied children will …
ABA, NAIJ, Young Center, and LSPs speak out against VTC Houston Pilot Program for UC Read More »
We have heard from many of you over the past several months that it has become increasingly difficult to obtain a continuance in immigration court for your Special Immigrant Juvenile …
