As a continuation of last week’s episode, we’re talking about what happens when we get “immigration judges gone wild.” In other words, we’re talking about judges that act like bullies. Aside from breaking the professional rules that judges are required to follow, bullying takes away due process from Respondents. People in courts are not able …
Immigration Judges hold some of the most important judicial positions in the country, but no one is perfect. Sadly, sometimes courts turn into an episode of Immigration Judges Gone Wild that none of us asked for. Immigration Judges make mistakes and these mistakes can hurt people in deportation proceedings. People can lose their cases and …
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Secretary Mayorkas announced new ICE enforcement guidelines recently. These guidelines give an idea to immigration agencies on arrests and deportations. Tom Holdem, former director of ICE, spoke on Fox News and complained that the new guidelines would destroy immigration. Let’s look at the facts behind the guidelines. What do the new ICE enforcement guidelines mean? …
In our last two podcasts, we’ve talked about some pretty heavy stuff. This week we lighten things up. What makes for a bad client? Some lawyers hesitate to discuss issues they have with clients. The majority of lawyers, however, will happily vent their frustrations if you ask them. While lawyers are different than other service-facing …
What are sections 1325 and 1326 of the US Code? Sections 1325 and 1326, known as the illegal entry and reentry provisions, create a punishment for crossing the border. For example, the punishments include fines and possibly years in federal prison. To make matters worse, these provisions caused the family separation crisis of the Trump …
