On February 20, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued 2 new implementation memos: (1) Implementing the President’s Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvement Policies and (2) Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest. The memoranda are meant to help DHS employees understand how to implement the President’s January 25, 2017 Executive Order: Border Security […]
Here’s a telling story reported by a local journalist who was kicked out of immigration court last week at the request of ICE’s attorney. These hearing are supposed to be open to the public. The attorney’s proffered reason was to protect the privacy of the individual who was being deported, and who did not have […]
This morning, the Alameda County District Attorney dismissed an assault by means likely to produced great bodily injury (PC 245(a)(4)) case against my client, after we asserted her right to a speedy trial. **Case examples should not be taken as guarantees; each case is different and prior results are not a guarantee of future success.
The New York Times just reported that the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district courts’s ruling, refusing to resinstate President Trump’s immigration ban. An appeal to the Supreme Court is likely. The court is still shorthanded since the Republicans refused to hold a hearing on Merrick Garland’s nomination, so a 4-4 split would leave the ban […]
Today at 3 p.m PST, The Ninth Circuit will broadcast oral arguments over whether to reinstate President Trump’s travel ban that blocked refugees and immigrants from coming into the United States from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. You can listen to the broadcast here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_vid=0000010884 If you have the time and interest, you […]