The federal government’s looming shutdown promises to slow the already backlogged immigration courts. As have all Executive Branch departments, the Justice Department—the federal agency that includes the Executive Office for Immigration Review which houses the Board of Immigration Appeals and the immigration courts—expects to furlough thousands of workers if Congress doesn’t approve a budget to keep the government funded past midnight Monday. According to the DOJ’s contingency plan for dealing with a revenue shortfall—a “lapse in appropriations,” as the agency put it—the EOIR will continue [...]
Job listings on crImmigration.com
Aside from the regularly updated original content that appears on crImmigration.com, I'd like to help people who are interested in this line of work find out about potential employment opportunities. With that goal in mind I post job announcements on a dedicated page. If you're hiring or know someone who is hiring, feel free to send me the relevant information (email: cgarcia2 (at) law.capital.edu). There's no fee involved. It doesn't have to be a legal job. I'm happy to post anything related to immigration. The only thing I won't post is unpaid positions. I announce all new job postings on [...]
Call for Papers: Immigration & Nationality Law Review
The Immigration and Nationality Law Review (INLR) is an internationally recognized legal journal and one of only two law reviews in the United States devoted exclusively to the study of immigration law. The INLR is primarily a reprint journal, serving as an anthology of the most seminal law review articles on immigration and nationality. The INLR was created in 1976 and moved from Western New England University School of Law to the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1999. Since its move to Cincinnati, the INLR has expanded substantially to include student notes, comments, and book [...]
ABA Journal: crImmigration.com is among 100 best blawgs; vote to make it a favorite
The ABA Journal selected crImmigration.com as one of its top 100 law blogs of 2012. I am honored to receive this recognition. Now that the editors have made their picks, the ABA Journal is asking readers to vote for their favorites in each of the 15 categories included in the Sixth Annual Blawg 100. Considering taking a minute to vote for crImmigration.com by going to the ABA Journal's web site where you will find it listed in the “niche” category. Voting ends at close of business on December 21, 2012, and is open to anyone. [...]
Call for Papers: Immigration & Nationality Law Review
The Immigration and Nationality Law Review (INLR) is an internationally recognized legal journal and one of only two law reviews in the United States devoted exclusively to the study of immigration law. The INLR is primarily a reprint journal, serving as an anthology of the most seminal law review articles on immigration and nationality. The INLR was created in 1976 and moved from Western New England University School of Law to the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1999. Since its move to Cincinnati, INLR has expanded substantially to include student notes, comments, and book reviews. [...]
U.S. Immigration Policing in the Season of Presidential Elections
The folks over at the Migrants’ Rights Network, a great advocacy group based in London, asked me to share my thoughts on how the presidential election affects immigration policing. Here’s a slightly revised version of the essay originally published on MRN’s Migration Pulse blog: The presidential election in the United States is two weeks away and both major party candidates, as well as third party candidates, know that high Latino turnout in a few key states has the potential to swing the election. Not coincidentally given many Latinos’ strong immigration experience personally or through [...]
crImmigration information
February 23, 2015 On February 23, 2015, the United States filed its notice of appeal and request for a stay of the district court's order in State of Texas v. United States, the lawsuit that the states brought against its planned use of immigration executive action. Those documents are available below: Fifth Circuit decision denying federal government's request to stay preliminary injunction (May 26, 2015) Oral argument before Fifth Circuit (April 17, 2015) District court's denial of federal government's motion to stay (April 7, 2015) Letter from Fifth Circuit's clerk notifying [...]