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ACLU Practice advisory Oct 23, 2018

Practice Advisory: Bond Hearings for Individuals Subject to Prolonged Detention: Guerrero-Sanchez v. Warden, York County Prison

Practice Advisory: Guerrero-Sanchez v. Warden, York County Prison | American Civil Liberties Union Skip navigation document Practice Advisory: Guerrero-Sanchez v. Warden, York County Prison Document Date: October 23, 2018 Download document Download document Skip to PDF content

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Oct 15, 2018

Matter of Velasquez-Rios and 364-Day Misdemeanors

The BIA has held that that it will not give retroactive effect to California Penal Code § 18.5(a) on convictions from before January 1, 2015. It will consider a California misdemeanor conviction from before January 1, 2015 to have a potential sentence of up to one year, while a misdemeanor conviction on or after that date will have a potential sentence of up to 364 days. Having a potential sentence of just 364 days can help some immigrants who are convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

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ASISTA Practice advisory Sep 27, 2018

2018 Notes from National Stakeholder Engagement Updated Notice to Appear (NTA) Policy Guidance (September 27, 2018)

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Aug 8, 2018

The Fight Over DOJ Grants and Sanctuary Policies

The DOJ created new conditions for state and local recipients of Byrne Justice Assistance Grants and other federal grants, in an effort to prevent jurisdictions with certain sanctuary policies from receiving any funds. Several federal courts have found these requirements to be unconstitutional, and ordered the DOJ to distribute the grants to sanctuary cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia. This advisory explains the specific grants at issue, the various lawsuits against DOJ’s conditions, and o

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ASISTA Practice advisory Aug 1, 2018

Practice Advisory: Fee Waivers for VAWA Self-petitions, U and T Visa Applications (August 2018)

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Immigrant Defense Project Practice advisory Jul 16, 2018

UPDATED Practice Advisory: Challenging the Validity of Notices to Appear Lacking Time-and-Place Information: How to use Pereira v. Sessions to overcome the “stop-time” rule and, more broadly, to challenge Immigration Court jurisdiction (updated July 16, 2018, by IDP and NIP-NLG)

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ACLU Practice advisory Jul 1, 2018

Practice Advisory: Parole of Arriving Asylum Seekers who have Passed Credible Fear, Damus v. Nielsen

The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Sample brief Jun 27, 2018

Case Update: The Domestic Violence Deportation Ground

The domestic violence deportation ground at INA § 237(a)(2)(E) sets out four bases for deportability. Recent Board of Immigration Appeals and federal decisions, including the Supreme Court decision in Sessions v. Dimaya , significantly affect each of the four bases. This advisory will provide a brief overview of the deportation ground, and then outline the recent decisions and how they may affect representation in California and the Ninth Circuit. It includes an appendix analyzing common Califor

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Immigrant Defense Project Practice advisory Apr 25, 2018

Practice Advisory: Sessions v. Dimaya : Supreme Court strikes down 18 U.S.C. §16(b) as void for vagueness (April 25, 2018, by IDP and NIP-NLG)

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National Immigration Project Template motion Apr 25, 2018

Sessions v. Dimaya: Supreme Court strikes down 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) as void for vagueness

In this advisory, we review the Supreme Court’s decision in Dimaya (see Section I) and what the decision may mean for others charged with other similarly nebulous removal grounds (see Section II). We also discuss suggested strategies and provide a sample motion to reconsider for cases affected by Dimaya, which should be filed by May 17, 2018. (see Section III).

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Immigrant Defense Project Practice advisory Apr 18, 2018

Practice Advisory: Litigating CIMT Theft Removal Charges and Adjudicative Retroactivity in the Second Circuit After Obeya v. Sessions (April 18, 2018, by IDP)

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ACLU Practice advisory Mar 21, 2018

Practice Advisory: Prolonged Detention Challenges after Jennings v. Rodriguez

Practice Advisory: Prolonged Detention Challenges after Jennings v. Rodriguez | American Civil Liberties Union Skip navigation document Practice Advisory: Prolonged Detention Challenges after Jennings v. Rodriguez Document Date: March 21, 2018 Download document Download document Skip to PDF content Related Issues Immigrants' Rights Immigrants' Rights and Detention

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