The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts

The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts
Author: Alison Peck
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520389662

"Despite public concern with the increasing politicization of U.S. immigration courts, few people are aware of the system's fundamental flaw: the immigration courts are not really 'courts' but an office of the Department of Justice--the nation's law enforcement agency. Alison Peck's original and surprising account shows how paranoia sparked by World War II and the War on Terror drove the structure of the immigration courts. Focusing on previously unstudied decisions in the Roosevelt and Bush administrations, this book divulges both the human tragedy of our current immigration system and the human crises that led to its creation. Peck provides an accessible legal analysis of recent events to make the case for independent immigration courts, proposing that the courts be moved into an independent, Article I court system. As long as the immigration courts remain under the authority of the attorney general, the administration of immigration justice will remain a game of political football--with people's very lives on the line." -- back cover.

Approaching the Bench from Inside the Immigration Court

Approaching the Bench from Inside the Immigration Court
Author: William K. Zimmer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-04-08
Genre: Emigration and immigration law
ISBN: 9781481729086

This is a book about the immigration court seasoned with observations and some anecdotal humor. The book also serves as a practical guide for attorneys and laymen who are interested in immigration matters within the jurisdiction of the United States immigration courts. In addition, this book also provides a historical overview of the evolution of immigration law in relation to the role of the Immigration Judge, including suggestions for improvements in the institutions that enforce and administer United States immigration law.

My Trials

My Trials
Author: Paul Grussendorf
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011
Genre: Deportation
ISBN:

The immigration courts are in a period of intense crisis and breakdown, at a moment in history when America's immigration policy is being challenged and redefined. Congress has debated an overhaul of the immigration system since 2006, but proposals for fixing the courts have been largely ignored. The American Bar Association released a 510-page report in February 2010, revealing that a total of 231 immigration judges hear more than 300,000 cases a year, an average of 1,200 for each judge, or three times the load of federal district judges. The ABA reported that judges state that they 'feel overworked, frustrated, and feel like they are on a treadmill.' The judges often feel that their asylum hearings are 'like holding death penalty cases in traffic court,' said Dana L. Marks, an immigration judge and the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. As the judges' backlog swells so that most immigrants must wait an average of two years for a hearing, the number of decisions appealed to the federal circuit courts has increased from 9 percent of decisions in 2002 to 26 percent in 2008, the report found, virtually overwhelming the federal courts. Due to lack of training and experience of immigration judges, the report found, their decisions 'are often harrowing, haphazard and inconsistent.' The New York Times reported in October 2010 that the immigration backlog in the courts has continued to grow, in spite of calls for reform.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The Walls Within

The Walls Within
Author: Sarah R. Coleman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2023-03-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691203334

Introduction : the tough question -- The rose's sharp thorn : Texas and the rise of unauthorized immigrant education activism -- "A subclass of illiterates" : the presidential politics of unauthorized immigrant education -- "Heading into uncharted waters" : Congress, employer sanctions, and labor rights -- "A riverboat gamble" : the passage of employer sanctions -- "To reward the wrong way is not the American way" : welfare and the battle over immigrants' benefits -- From the border to the heartland : local immigration enforcement and immigrants' rights -- Epilogue

My Trials

My Trials
Author: Paul Grussendorf
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2012-06-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781475190922

American Immigration Lawyers Association wrote: “With a cast of colorful characters and compelling tales, My Trials: What I Learned in Immigration Court is both a scathing indictment of a broken immigration system that sends vulnerable immigrants back to the perilous situations from which they fled, and a heartfelt call for a return to the values upon which our nation of immigrants was founded.” VOICE magazineGerry Spence, noted trial lawyer, wrote:"Thanks for your good work, Paul. I am not surprised at the horror and inhumanity you have witnessed."“America is famous for priding itself as a nation of immigrants, but the often shabby and sometimes downright abusive treatment that immigrants seeking asylum suffer in our nation's immigration court system is a well-kept secret. The truth is that our government fails to hire prosecuting attorneys and appoint judges with expertise in the field or even adequately train them in the law and procedure. But this failure pales in comparison to the even greater scandal that the immigrants herded into these courts are often treated with disdain, disrespect, or even outright contempt by sworn officers of the law. The often needless, lengthy and costly pre-trial detention of individuals who usually do not represent any danger to the community is an everyday and shameful fact of life in our immigration system.”

The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

The Slow Violence of Immigration Court
Author: Maya Pagni Barak
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2023-03-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1479821047

The arduous, confusing and fraught journey that immigrants take through immigration court Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are moved through immigration court. With a national backlog surpassing one million cases, court hearings take years and most migrants will eventually be ordered deported. The Slow Violence of Immigration Court sheds light on the experiences of migrants from the “Northern Triangle” (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) as they navigate legal processes, deportation proceedings, immigration court, and the immigration system writ large. Grounded in the illuminating stories of people facing deportation, the family members who support them, and the attorneys who defend them, The Slow Violence of Immigration Court invites readers to question matters of fairness and justice and the fear of living with the threat of deportation. Although the spectacle of violence created by family separation and deportation is perceived as extreme and unprecedented, these long legal proceedings are masked in the mundane and are often overlooked, ignored, and excused. In an urgent call to action, Maya Pagni Barak deftly demonstrates that deportation and family separation are not abhorrent anomalies, but are a routine, slow form of violence at the heart of the U.S. immigration system.

A Disability History of the United States

A Disability History of the United States
Author: Kim E. Nielsen
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807022039

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it’s a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. As historian and disability scholar Nielsen argues, to understand disability history isn’t to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. Throughout the book, Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience—from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. Included are absorbing—at times horrific—narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all.