A panel of police officers, lawyers, and criminal justice officials organized by the Colorado Department of Public Safety wants the federal government to allow state officials to access a federal government database of fingerprint records to help them locate immigrants who have committed crimes, reports Examiner.com. The panel also advocates adding 700 beds throughout Colorado and Wyoming to house suspected undocumented immigrants. [...]
Candidate for GOP Chair Opposes Comrehensive Immigration Reform
Ken Blackwell, a candidate for chair of the Republican Party, told reporters that he opposes comprehensive immigration reform and supports "a program that basically says we will go after illegal immigrants, particularly those we suspect are engaged in criminal activity and we will prosecute and deport them." [...]
Las Vegas Police Reports on First Month of 287(g) Program
One month after launching a program under section 287(g) of the Immigration & Nationality Act, the Las Vegas police report that it has reported 114 individuals detained on various criminal charges to ICE and 28 of those have been deported, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. [...]
Texas Lawmakers to Consider Undocumented Presence as Illegal Trespass
The Houston Chronicle reports that in 2009 Texas legislators are expected to consider several immigration-related proposals including one that would "create a state criminal trespassing charge for illegal immigrants enforced by local police." Other bills expected to come before Texas lawmakers include efforts to prohibit judges from granting parole for undocumented people and a proposal to require public schools to track the immigration status of their students, reports the Chronicle's Anabelle Garay. [...]
Federal Courts See Spike in Immigration-related cases
According to Chief Justice John Roberts' annual report on the federal judiciary, the number of criminal prosecutions in immigration cases spiked in 2008, reported the New York Times. "Filings concerning criminal charges in immigration cases jumped by 27 percent, to more than 21,000. The cases were concentrated in the Southwest," wrote Adam Liptak. [...]
CLE about Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
The ABA will soon hold a CLE for attorneys interested in learning about the potential immigration consequences of criminal convictions for non-citizen criminal defendants. According to the ABA's web site, "This program is ideal for attorneys interested in pro bono immigration cases, criminal defense attorneys, or any attorney who is unfamiliar with the ramifications of a criminal conviction to a non-citizen’s immigration proceedings." The CLE will take place on January 29 and will be conducted by teleconference and live audio webcast. More information is available at: [...]
Welcome
Welcome to the new crImmigration blog, a blog about the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. Let's welcome the new year with a new blog about this critically important area of the law. [...]
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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 [...]