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Immigration Alert: April 2013

In This Issue: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Debate Begins! USCIS Reports That H-1B Cap Is Reached in First Week; New Form I-9 Becomes Effective on May 7, 2013; CBP Announces Form I-94 Automation; DOS Permits Access to...more

Judge Rules for Same-Sex Marriage Partner Who Was Denied Immigration Benefits

On Friday, April 19, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo Marshall in Los Angeles, CA, ruled that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the “USCIS”) denied Jane Deleon equal protection of the law when it refused...more

Immigrants Await Results of Suit Against U.S. and Jefferson County, Illinois

It has now been more than two months since the National Immigrant Justice Center (“NIJC”) filed a lawsuit against officials of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and Jefferson County, Illinois relating to the...more

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Racial Profiling Appeal

Notorious Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cannot order his henchmen to detain people based solely on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants, a federal court ruled yesterday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...more

Johnson v. Whitehead, et. al

Petitioner's Reply to Respondent's Opposition to Certiorari

Petitioner's reply to the Solicitor General's Opposition to Certiorari. The Solicitor General challenged Petitioner's claim regarding the unconstitutionality of former 8 U.S.C. §1432 (a statute that discriminates based on...more

Judge Enjoins Georgia Immigration Law

Federal Judge Thomas Thrash has reportedly enjoined parts of a Georgia law that was due to take effect on July 1, 2011. In granting a temporary injunction to complainants, he ruled that they were likely to prevail at trial on...more

Civil Rights Lawyers Fighting Discrimination Against Hispanics, Latinos and Mexican-Americans in California Are Needed More Than...

Civil rights lawyers are seeing an increase in discrimination toward Hispanics, Latinos and Mexican-Americans due in part to the shortage of available jobs in this economic downturn. This article seeks to examine this...more

Asian Law Caucus & Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Complaint For Injunctive Relief For Violation of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 552

The Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and EFF have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for denying access to public records on the questioning and searches of travelers at U.S. borders. The suit responds...more