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When Possible, Treat Immigrants As Criminal Defendants, Not As Criminals
An essay in today’s New York Times, “Unexceptionalism: A Primer,” by the novelist, E. L. Doctorow, describes in four “phases” how America can take steps to become unexceptional, that is,...
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With Hope Springing Eternally, ACUS Is Working on Immigration Again
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” ~ Satchel Paige One of the benefits of having played in the immigration sandbox for a long time is to see old friends return. A fondly...
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The President Has Spoken — Can DHS Make the Immigration DREAM Come True?
The portents were plentiful, reaching back 30 years. Yet none but a clairvoyant could have predicted the aftermath on June 15, 1982 when the Supreme Court in Plyler v. Doe provided undocumented...
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Immigration Good Behavior — a Riddle Riddled with Riddles
“[A] riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” ~ Winston Churchill The most quotable of British Prime Ministers could well have been talking about the American immigration system rather than...
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Fix Immigration by Improving Its Justice System
“U.S. immigration law is like stratified rock, revealing layer on layer of Congressional accretions laid down over many years, with the superstructure upended in tectonic shifts triggered by the...
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If Immigration Law Were a Person It Would Sing: “Oh Lord, Please Don’t Let Me...
[Blogger's Note: An earlier version of this post mistakenly suggested that the article discussed below offering the views of an immigration lawyer was written by that lawyer. It was not; rather it...
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Parole-in-Place — The Immigration PIPsqueak That Could Help Solve the Biggest...
The last few weeks have witnessed severe shocks to the health care system known as Obamacare. The President has issued mea culpas for the not-ready-for-prime-time web site, Health.gov, and for his...
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Looking Back — Not Much Immigration Solace from Obama
As the Obama presidency nears its twilight, let me tell you about our leader’s eight-year, largely-disappointing record on immigration. But first a bias alert: I voted for the President twice; I like...
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Looking Back — Not Much Immigration Solace from Obama
As the Obama presidency nears its twilight, let me tell you about our leader’s eight-year, largely-disappointing record on immigration. But first a bias alert: I voted for the President twice; I like...
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