The Department of Homeland Security imprisoned a record number of individuals last year and upped the number of people removed or returned from the United States to over 715,000, its newly released annual report indicates. John Simanski & Lesley M. Sapp, Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2011 Annual Report (September 2012). Compiled by staffers at the department’s Office of Immigration Statistics, the Annual Report is a yearly snapshot of immigration law enforcement efforts. The total number of people removed or returned in fiscal year 2011 was 715,495. Of these, 391,953 were removed after [...]
10 Cir: Lawful entry can be illegal reentry
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that an entry that would constitute a lawful entry for purposes of admission was an illegal reentry for purposes of reinstatement of removal. Cordova-Soto v. Holder, No. 10-9569, slip op. (10th Cir. Oct. 17, 2011) (Hartz, Holloway, and Porfilio, JJ.). Judge Holloway wrote the panel’s decision. This case involves an LPR who, pro se, requested and received a stipulated order of removal in which she conceded removability for having been convicted of an aggravated felony among other charges. Cordova-Soto, No. 10-9569, slip op. at 2-3. She was [...]