In a refreshing display of common sense and candor, the United States Supreme Court Justices mocked the Department of Homeland Security for taking an absurd position in court this week.  According to the New York Times, “the case concerned Divna Maslenjak, an ethnic Serb who said she had faced persecution in Bosnia. She was granted […]

On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that arrests of immigrants with no criminal record more than doubled from a year ago.  Here’s a link to the story: http://wapo.st/2opFTf3 While the numbers are up a bit from last year, take a closer look at the graph in the article showing arrests for the last 4 years.  It […]

This morning, the Alameda County District Attorney dismissed a loitering with the intent to commit prostitution (PC 653.22) case against my client and the co-defendant. **Case examples should not be taken as guarantees; each case is different and prior results are not a guarantee of future success.

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 […]