This new report by the Ready to Stay Administrative Advocacy Working Group (RTSAAWG) is meant to provide the Biden administration feedback on its progress breaking down the barriers to immigration services and benefits erected by the Trump...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requested public input in April 2022 on specific processes, programs, regulations, collections of information, and policies for the agency to consider modifying, streamlining, expanding, or repealing in light...
Over the past two years, federal defenders have begun challenging the laws that criminalize crossing the border — 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and 8 USC § 1326 — on the grounds that the law is racist, and therefore unconstitutional. Recently, in a case called...
Rooted in Racism: The Human Impact of Migrant Prosecutions highlights trends and stories of people prosecuted for unauthorized entry or reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and § 1326, and the implementation and enforcement practices of Customs and Border...
This advisory first reviews the case history and the precedent governing the legal situation Mr. Palomar-Santiago was in when he was charged with illegal re-entry. It then addresses both Mr. Palomar-Santiago’s and the government’s arguments before...