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Deplorable Conditions at Los Angeles ICE Facility Result in Settlement by Brandon Sample Being locked up is bad enough. But imagine being held in a basement without basic essentials like drinking water, clean clothes, the ability to shower, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and medical care. Thousands of immigration detainees in …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court: Counsel Must Advise Immigrant Defendants of Deportation Risks by An immigrant charged with a criminal offense must be advised of the deportation consequences associated with pleading guilty, the U.S. Supreme Court held on March 31, 2010. Jose Padilla was charged with drug trafficking after he was caught …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
$145,000 Settlement by New York City After Holding Immigration Detainee Beyond 48 Hours by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $145,000 settlement by the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) provides a new twist in the area of immigration law. The main allegation in the complaint was that …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
ICE Policies and U.S. Deportation Laws Violate Human Rights by Gary Hunter A 64-page report issued last year by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-profit watchdog organization, indicates that changes in U.S. deportation laws implemented by Congress in 1996 are mostly targeting immigrants who commit nonviolent crimes. Statistical data accumulated …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Second Circuit Ruling in Post-9/11 Immigration Detention Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 18, 2009, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a federal class-action suit brought by illegal immigrants arrested in sweeps following the 9/11 attacks and incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Filed under: International, Immigration
California Counties Vie to House ICE Prisoners by Michael Brodheim Santa Clara County, California – where local law enforcement authorities have policies against cooperating fully with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in terms of enforcing immigration laws – has turned a blind eye to its pro-immigration values and contracted with …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Immigration
Oregon Offers Early Release to Illegal Immigrants Who Consent to Deportation by Michael Brodheim Seeking to cut costs in the face of a recession that has forced many states to reconsider their criminal justice priorities, Oregon officials have signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s …
Article • July 15, 2010
Ninth Circuit Okays Class Action Against ICE by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the denial of class certification in a habeas corpus proceeding challenging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) bond practices in the Central District of California. The suit alleged that ICE was …
Publication • June 30, 2010
Asset Forfeiture Handbook, ICE, 2010 Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations Asset Forfeiture Handbook HSI HB 10-04 June 30, 2010 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Foreword The Asset Forfeiture Handbook provides a uniform source of national policies, procedures, responsibilities, guidelines, and controls to be followed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Article • May 15, 2010
Deportation Order Not Determinative of SSOSA Sentence in Washington State by The State of Washington Court of Appeals has held that a trial court abused its discretion when it refused to consider a special sex offender sentencing alternative (SSOSA) based on its mistaken belief that it lacked authority to impose …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Financing, Immigration, News
Crisis in Reverse: Counties Struggle with Dwindling Jail Populations by Gary Hunter Morgan County, Missouri was in dire financial straits before contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house immigration detainees at the county’s jail. For a while things were great – Sheriff Jim Petty replaced his worn-out …
The Maricopa Courthouse WAR by Terry Carter Posted Apr 1, 2010 4:45 AM CDT On Dec. 21, in the afternoon sunshine that passes for winter in Phoenix, several hundred well-dressed protesters—most of them lawyers—gathered on the Maricopa County courthouse plaza. Summoned by an e-mail from a local lawyer, they brought …
Denial of Medical Care Causes Two Riots at GEO Group Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2008, a riot erupted at the GEO Group-run Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) in Pecos, Texas, which houses federal immigration detainees. The uprising was triggered by the death of …
Brief • February 3, 2010
Filed under: Immigration
Flores-Lopez v. Holder, CA, Pet Reply Brief, Crime of Violence Removal Charge, 2010 No. 08-75140 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FLORES-LOPEZ, Carlos Alberto Agency No. A43-738-693 Petitioner, v. Eric H. Holder Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of Decision Of …
Publication • January 25, 2010
Compliance Enforcement Investigations Handbook, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2010 Department of Homeland Security Office of Investigations Compliance Enforcement Investigations Handbook OI HB 10-01 January 25, 2010 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Foreword The Compliance Enforcement Invest igat ions Handbook provides a si ngle source of national …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
DHS Ordered to Respond to Petition Seeking National Stan-dards at Immigration Detention Facilities by Brandon Sample Immigration rights advocates won a short-lived victory in June 2009, when a U.S. District Court in New York ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to respond to a petition for rulemaking that requested …
Article • January 15, 2010
Second Circuit Remands Iqbal v. Ashcroft for Possible Amendment by On July 28, 2009, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals remanded Iqbal v. Ashcroft to the district court for a determination of whether Iqbal should be granted leave to amend his complaint. Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim Pakistani, and Ehad Elmaghraby, …
LULAC Returns CCA Donation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) prepared for a June 20, 2009 protest in Williamson County, Texas outside the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility, a secure immigration detention center run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), …
New Mexico County Immigrant Neighborhood Searches Enjoined by A New Mexico federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits the County of Otero from engaging in “unconstitutional stops, searches, seizures, and discrimination pursuant to ‘operation Stonegarden,’” which seeks to round up illegal immigrants. Before the Court was the …
Revised List of ICE Detainee Deaths Still Incomplete, Updated Again by Mark Wilson At least 92 detainees died in immigration detention facilities between October 2003 and February 2009, according to an updated list compiled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The list, which was obtained by the New York Times …
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