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DHS announces plans for immigration reform legislation
November 14, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] announced Friday that the Obama administration will push for immigration reform [press release] legislation early next year. Speaking at the Center for American Progress (CAP) [advocacy website], DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano....... [more]

Supreme Court hears arguments on immigration, diversity jurisdiction
November 10, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Tuesday in two cases. In Kucana v. Holder [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court heard arguments on whether a federal statute [8 USC ยง 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) text]....... [more]

Canada prosecutors charge second Rwanda genocide suspect under war crimes act
November 9, 2009
[JURIST] Canadian prosecutors announced Saturday that a Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder] suspect has been charged under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act [text, PDF]. Jacques Mungwarere, arrested [Ottawa Citizen report] Friday by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [officia....... [more]

Connecticut residents sue ICE over constitutionality of immigration raids
October 29, 2009
[JURIST] Ten residents of New Haven, Connecticut, filed a lawsuit [press release, PDF] Wednesday against several US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] officials, alleging violations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Amendments [text] in planning and carrying out raids in 2007....... [more]

Chile reconsidering Easter Island tourism after court ruling
October 12, 2009
[JURIST] The Chilean government will begin a non-binding consultation process [El Mercurio report, in Spanish] on Tuesday to survey the indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island on tourism influx and immigration into the island. The consultation comes as the Chilean Supreme Court [official website, in....... [more]

Congress drops border fence extension from Homeland Security appropriations
October 10, 2009
[JURIST] Members of the US Congress have removed an amendment [S AMDT 1399 materials] to the 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill [HR 2892 materials] that sought to require additional construction of the US-Mexico border fence [JURIST news archive]. The amendment, introduced by Senator Jim DeM....... [more]

DHS rescinds controversial 'no-match' employment rule
October 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Deparment of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday rescinded [rule, PDF] a rule that would have required employers to fire workers whose information did not match Social Security Administration (SSA) [official website] records. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Immig....... [more]

US to improve immigration detention facilities
October 7, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official websites] on Tuesday announced [press release; fact sheet, PDF] a plan for improving immigration detention policies and facilities in response to recent widespread allegations of poor condit....... [more]

Argentina ex-president charged with hiding evidence in 1994 Jewish center bombing
October 2, 2009
[JURIST] An Argentine federal judge on Thursday indicted former president and current senator Carlos Menem [official profile; BBC profile] for allegedly covering up evidence related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Menem, born in Argentina to Syrian immigrants, is ac....... [more]

US indicts Mexican cartel leaders on drug trafficking charges
August 21, 2009
[JURIST] Ten accused Mexican drug cartel leaders and 33 others have been indicted [press release; indictment materials] in New York and Chicago, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official websites] announced Thursday. Ac....... [more]



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    National Immigration Forum

    Immigration

    FAIR

    Immigrant Solidarity Network

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    American Immig. Lawyers Assn.

    Justice for Immigrants

    HR 4437 [Wikipedia]

    S 2611 [Wikipedia]

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