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House Democrats Take Aim at the Nation’s Immigration Courts

Preston Huennekens — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:57:01 +0000

House Democrats are taking aim at the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), which is the immigration court system of the United States. EOIR is an agency within the Department of Justice, making it unique in that it is not an “independent” Article III court, but instead a court system within the executive branch in [...]

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Haitians Banking on Bogus Asylum Claims

Bob Dane — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:46:55 +0000

For decades — long before the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last week — Haiti has been an economic basket case and political backwater. So global sympathy for Haitian migrants is understandable. Yet many Haitians seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border aren’t coming from the unfortunate island at all, and haven’t lived there in years. In [...]

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Asylum Decisions Must Be Guided by the Law

Jack Martin — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:02:53 +0000

At one time in my career as a foreign service officer I was assigned consular work approving or rejecting immigrant and nonimmigrant visa requests. I found that it is not easy to tell a visa applicant that he/she is not eligible for a visa. But I nevertheless did so when I concluded that is what [...]

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