On Friday, June 4, ICE issued a new prosecutorial discretion memo for ICE attorneys in charge of prosecuting deportation and bond cases. These ICE attorneys work within an office known as OPLA, or the Office of the Principal Legal Adviser. The new...
This practice advisory aims to provide immigration practitioners with an overview of the key policy changes and interim priorities arising from these memos and strategies to use these priorities to advocate for clients.
The purpose of this advisory is to identify issues and advocacy strategies for defense counsel representing noncitizen clients in light of this administration’s interim enforcement priorities memo, specifically in the context of assessing risks of...
El memorando del 18 de febrero anula el memorando del 20 de enero y no hace mucho para controlar las actividades de ICE. El nuevo memorando crea “prioridades” adicionales para la expulsión; permite a oficiales de ICE arrestar y deportar personas...
The February 18 memo overrides the January 20 memo and is significantly weaker. The new memo creates additional “priorities” for removal; allows ICE officers to arrest and deport people who fall into these “priorities” without prior approval; and...
Este manual cubre las provisiones esenciales de control y relacionadas con el sistema criminal de la ley de ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos del 2021 (USCA, a veces nombrado como el “Biden bill,” proyecto de ley de Biden).
This primer covers the key criminal-immigration and enforcement provisions of the USCA. The US Citizenship Act of 2021 (USCA, also referred to as the “Biden bill”) is an immigration bill introduced in the House on February 18, 2021 that would create...
This explainer discusses the effects of the 100-Day moratorium on deportations and enforcement priorities.
Este informe explica los efectos de la orden tribunal que bloquea moratoria de deportación.
Después de que los partidarios de Trump y los insurreccionistas de extrema derecha invadieron el Capitolio de los EE.UU. el 6 de enero de 2021, la alcaldesa Bowser de Washington DC declaró un estado de emergencia pública, que incluía un toque de...