On November 8th, 2018 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against the Trump Administration on DACA. In the case of Regents of the University of California v. DHS ("DACA II"), Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote that the rescission of the DACA program by the Trump Administration is unlawful due to…
The Trump Administration has repeatedly and consistently attacked immigrants and immigrant communities. Among many other things, the president has falsely accused immigrants of being more likely to commit crimes and he has proposed harsh new rules to restrict access to green cards for any immigrants who use public benefits. The president and his allies have…
In the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump increasingly launched a steady barrage of rhetorical and policy-based attacks of immigrants and immigrant communities. This includes sending military officers to the Southern Border and claiming that he will end birthright citizenship through a blatantly unconstitutional executive order. In a November 1st speech, the…
On the morning of October 30th, 2018, Axios released a bombshell exclusive report stating that President Trump is planning to target birthright citizenship. The president has long been a critic of birthright citizenship, and Axios reports that the president is signaling that he will end birthright citizenship through an executive order. According to the story,…
On October 25th, 2018, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet that once again demonstrated his lack of understanding of United States immigration law and how our immigration system functions. The president stated that members of the so-called ‘caravan’ of migrants coming through Central America are trying to enter the U.S. “illegally” and that they…
On October 17th, 2018, the Los Angeles Times reported that United States Border Patrol agents arrested 16,658 “family members” at the U.S.-Mexico border in September. This is the highest number of family-related arrests on record. At the same time this is occurring, President Trump has started to lob more incendiary comments at immigrants. This culminated…
On October 17th, 2018, Canada’s 95-year-long federal prohibition on recreational marijuana will officially come to an end. At that point, the individual provinces will be in charge of regulating the sale of recreational marijuana. Surprising to some, Canada’s new laws have major implications for travel and immigration to the United States. In September, a spokesperson…
Since assuming office in January of 2017, President Trump has taken many different steps to restrict immigrant rights and increase deportations. Among the most brazen of these actions is the Administration’s effort to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from several different countries. Previously, our Los Angeles immigration lawyers have discussed ending TPS for…
On October 10th, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in Nielsen v. Preap. In a case that will affect many thousands of immigrants, the nation’s highest court could decide the extent to which federal immigration enforcement authorities can detain immigrants for old criminal offenses. Here, our dedicated Los Angeles…
Recently, we learned more about the immoral, poorly planned family separation policy that the Trump Administration put in place last spring. As U.S. government officials are still struggling to reunite families that were torn apart, a key government watchdog has issued a report highlighting major flaws in the Trump Administration’s handling of its zero tolerance…
