Update | Week of October 30, 2017
Time can move backwards for immigrants waiting for green cards, writes David Bier.
The ACLU has joined a class-action lawsuit seeking to halt the deportation of Indonesian Christians residing in the U.S. who would face religious persecution if returned to their home country (ACLU).
- Read the complaint here.
President Trump has invited several Senate Republicans to the White House to discuss progress on a possible bill addressing “Dreamers,” reports Seung Min Kim in Politico.
The ACLU is suing the Trump Administration for the release of a ten-year-old girl with cerebral palsy detained by ICE after undergoing surgery (WaPo, NYT).
- Read the complaint here.
- Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia argues the case highlights a failure of prosecutorial discretion in Notice & Comment.
President Trump called on Congress to end the Diversity Visa Lottery program, the program that enabled the alleged NY attacker to enter the country in 2010 (NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, Politico).
The Justice Department announced that the Trump administration needs to double the number of immigration judges in order to handle the caseload (Washington Examiner).
- Read the report here.