Legal Challenges to Arizona’s Harsh Immigration Law are Looming
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to ban new contracts with companies headquartered in Arizona and, to review contracts that the county could cancel.
The decision resulted in Los Angeles County to become the most recent governmental entity protest Arizona’s harsh new law criminalizing the presence of undocumented immigrants.  The city governments of Los Angeles, [...]
Rally to Protest Arizona’s Tough Immigration Law
The Houston Chronicle reported recently that thousands of people from around the country rallied in the Phoenix, AZ area last week to protest a new and harsh law that will take effect on July 29th enforcing the federal immigration laws on a state level. Â
Demonstrators called on the federal government to stop the state of Arizona from enforcing the new law. [...]
USICE Dismantles Human Smuggling Ring in Arizona
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcment (USICE) reported today that agents arrested the owners and employees yesterday of 5 Arizona commercial shuttle transportation companies based on a year long investigation to identify and apprehend perpetrators of human smuggling.  Over 800 agents and officers from various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies carried out the arrests.
The arrests were the result of the USICE’s heightened internal enforcement policy [...]
Report Released on the Due Process Rights of Disabled Immigrant Detainees Facing Deportation
The New York Times reported yesterday that Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center and Akin Gump, a corporate law firm co-wrote a report that is scheduled to be released today concerning the due process rights of disabled immigrant detainees facing deportation.
The report shows that the detainees, mostly from New York and other areas in the northeast, even some from mental hospitals, [...]
Orange County, CA Jail Begins to Check Immigration Status of Inmates
The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday.  The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States.
The Los Angeles, San [...]
