The Orlando Sentinel reported today that after being held in detention for 11 days for failure to appear for a deportation hearing before the Immigration Court in Miami, Mr. Janos Lutz, the father of a U.S. Marine serving in Afghanistan has been freed from the Krome Detention Center in Miami and, is required to wear electronic ankle monitoring bracelet under the [...]

The Miami Herald reported today that immigrants awaiting deportationwould now be confined depending on the level of risk whether it be a flight risk, or the nature of an immigrant’s criminal record under a new plan being proposed by DHS Secretary Napolitano. The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) is looking into former hotels, nursing homes and other sites would be [...]

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in Matter of Martinez, 25 I&N, Dec. 66 (BIA 2009) ruled yesterday that an individual who is a lawful permanent resident (green card holder) and, who meets the definition of a battered spouse may be eligible to apply for Cancellation of Removal as a form of relief against removal (deportation) pursuant to the Violence Against Women [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that an Immigration Judge in Florida terminated deportation proceedings against an Egyptian man named Yousef Megahed who was acquitted earlier this year of terrorism related charges and ruled that he should not be deported. Mr. Megahed was not immediately released following the judge’s decision.  His attorney, Charles Kuck said his client would likely remain [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that senior officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) said that their agents in the Fugitive Operations Teams who are responsible for identifying and apprehending immigrants that have ignored deportation orders, will continue to arrest immigrants who are in the United States illegally that happen to be in an area where USICE agents are conducting an apprehension. [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that senior officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) said that they are no longer using arrest quotas to identify and apprehend immigrants who have ignored deportation orders to leave the United States. The USICE declined to state the specifics on how the quotas were previously implemented or which quotas were suspended. Officials did state however, that the suspension of quotas would [...]

Immigration Prof Blog reported recently that the U.S. Department of Justice during the month of April of this year reported over 10,000 new immigration prosecutions. According to information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the rise in immigration related prosecutions has risen almost 10%. According to the report, Illegal Reentry of Removed (Deported) Alien, Title 8 U.S.C Section 1326 (PDF) was [...]

The Houston Chronicle reported that the Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by former President Bush to verify the immigration status of every person that is incarcerated in the local jails. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) implemented a program called Secure Communities.  The program is currently in 48 counties in seven states.  The USICE plans to expand it to all jails and prisons by [...]

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection (USCBP), one of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) largest and most complex components, has a two-fold mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. plus, having the responsibility of securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. immigration and drug laws. We represented an individual today [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported that the Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego will be the first in the state to begin checking the immigration status of all inmates booked into the county jail system as part of a national effort to identify and deport immigrants with criminal records. Law enforcement officials in the 3 counties will [...]