Updates | The Week of October 16
DOJ may implement quotas for immigration judges to evaluate performance (ImmigrationProf Blog).
Like many of his predecessors, President Trump has found immigration issues more difficult than he imagined they would be (NPR).
President Trump is reportedly planning to insist that funding for a border wall be part of any DREAM Act deal (Immigration Prof Blog).
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is blinded by animus against asylum seekers, and so misapprehends the lawyer’s role in protecting people fearing prosecution, writes Cyrus Mehta on his blog.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants (CNN).
DOJ appealed a federal district court’s order to permit an undocumented teenager in federal custody to get an abortion (WaPo).
- A U.S. District Court ordered the government to permit an undocumented teenager in custody to get an abortion (WaPo).
- The D.C. Circuit halted the District Court’s order until oral arguments on Friday.
- This is a test of the Trump administration’s policies on abortion and immigration (LA Times).
- DOJ is evoking Dred Scott, the worst Supreme Court decision of all time, write Perry Grossman and Mark Joseph Stern at Slate.
A section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act that criminalizes encouraging a non-citizen to “come to, enter, or reside” in the U.S. violates the First Amendment (ACLU).