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Aside from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, there was no applicable deportation law in the United States until an 1882 statute specifically geared towards Chinese immigrants. [1] The Alien and Sedition Acts gave the President of the United States the power to arrest and subsequently deport any alien that he deemed dangerous. [5]
Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 144 (1963) – the Court struck down a law revoking citizenship for remaining outside the United States in order to avoid conscription into the armed forces Rosenberg v. Fleuti , 374 U.S. 449 (1963)
Headquartered in Texas and with national reach, RAICES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formally known as the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, promotes migrant justice by providing legal services, social services case management, and rights advocacy for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking people and families.
The number caught my attention the moment I saw it. In a recent Pew Research Center report about the situation at the US-Mexico border, 57% of Americans say the large number of migrants seeking to ...
This is a list of detention facilities holding illegal immigrants in the United States.The United States maintains the largest illegal immigrant detention camp infrastructure in the world, which by the end of the fiscal year 2007 included 961 sites either directly owned by or contracted with the federal government, according to the Freedom of Information Act Office of the U.S. Immigration and ...
Immigration judges adjudicate hearings under Section 240 of the INA. [15] Immigration judges, unlike Article III judges, do not have life tenure, and are not appointed by the President nor confirmed by the Senate as required by the Appointments Clause in Article II. Instead, they are civil servants appointed by the attorney general. [15]
During a career that spanned 50 years, Maloney was known for his many well-publicized cases, especially in personal injury and products liability. [1] He represented a variety of clients, including the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Duval County rancher and oil tycoon Clinton Manges; and San Antonio madam, Theresa Brown, whom Maloney once described as "an ...
Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47 (2006), held that an "aggravated felony" includes only conduct punishable as a felony under the federal Controlled Substances Act, regardless of whether state law classifies such conduct as a felony or a misdemeanor.